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81 deshonrar

v.

1 to dishonor.

con su conducta deshonra a toda la familia he is dishonoring the entire family with his conduct

Elsa deshonró a su familia Elsa dishonored her family.

2 to trample on, to tread on.

Elsa deshonró su reputación Elsa trampled on her good name.

3 to bring shame on, to shame.

Elsa deshonró a sus padres Elsa brought shame on her parents.

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deshonrar

► verbo transitivo

1 (gen) to dishonour (US dishonor), disgrace

2 (injuriar) to insult, defame

3 (a una mujer) to dishonour (US dishonor)

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verb

to dishonor, disgrace

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VT

1) [+ familia, compañeros] to dishonour, dishonor (EEUU), disgrace

2) (=afrentar) to insult

3) euf [+ mujer] to dishonour, dishonor (EEUU)

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verbo transitivo <familia/patria> to dishonor*, disgrace; < mujer> to dishonor*

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= taint, vilify, stigmatise [stigmatize, -USA], besmirch, bring + Nombre + into disrepute, disgrace, defile.

Ex. This article shows how the dowdy and boring image of the stereotypical librarian as presented in fiction, taints the portrayal of all who work in libraries.

Ex. Robert Kent's sole agenda is to attack Cuba and vilify the Cuban library community while supporting the US government's interventionist destabilization policies.

Ex. Findings reaffirm that television stigmatises the occupation of business, independently of economic factors.

Ex. the gulag was an atrocious system of incarceration and forced labor that had little to do with correction, that poisoned society, and that besmirched Soviet communism.

Ex. This article considers the danger that inherent bias in such research might bring library and information science research into disrepute.

Ex. The League of Nations was a comically ham-handed debacle which collapsed in complete failure, disgracing all who were associated with it.

Ex. No person shall throw any waste, building debris or vehicle scrap into the public domain or defile the public domain.

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* deshonrar la reputación = besmirch + reputation.

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verbo transitivo <familia/patria> to dishonor*, disgrace; < mujer> to dishonor*

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= taint, vilify, stigmatise [stigmatize, -USA], besmirch, bring + Nombre + into disrepute, disgrace, defile.

Ex: This article shows how the dowdy and boring image of the stereotypical librarian as presented in fiction, taints the portrayal of all who work in libraries.

Ex: Robert Kent's sole agenda is to attack Cuba and vilify the Cuban library community while supporting the US government's interventionist destabilization policies.

Ex: Findings reaffirm that television stigmatises the occupation of business, independently of economic factors.

Ex: the gulag was an atrocious system of incarceration and forced labor that had little to do with correction, that poisoned society, and that besmirched Soviet communism.

Ex: This article considers the danger that inherent bias in such research might bring library and information science research into disrepute.

Ex: The League of Nations was a comically ham-handed debacle which collapsed in complete failure, disgracing all who were associated with it.

Ex: No person shall throw any waste, building debris or vehicle scrap into the public domain or defile the public domain.

* deshonrar la reputación = besmirch + reputation.

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deshonrar [A1 ]

vt

1 ‹familia/patria› to dishonor*, disgrace, bring dishonor* o disgrace o shame on

trabajar no deshonra a nadie working is nothing to be ashamed of

2 ‹mujer› to dishonor*

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deshonrar ( conjugate deshonrar) verbo transitivo ‹familia/patria› to dishonor^{( conjugate dishonor)}, disgrace;
‹ mujer› to dishonor^{( conjugate dishonor)}
deshonrar verbo transitivo
1 to dishonour, US dishonor
2 (a la familia, etc) to bring disgrace on
' deshonrar' also found in these entries:
English:
disgrace
- dishonor
- dishonour
- shame
- blacken
- taint

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deshonrar vt

1. [injuriar] to dishonour;

con su conducta deshonra a toda la familia his behaviour is bringing disgrace upon the entire family

2. [mujer] to dishonour

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deshonrar

v/t dishonor, Br

dishonour

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deshonrar vt

: to dishonor, to disgrace

Spanish-English dictionary > deshonrar
82 empañar

v.

to cover with breadcrumbs, to bread.

María empMaría los filetes Mary covers the fillets with breadcrumbs.

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empanar

► verbo transitivo

1 (rebozar) to coat in breadcrumbs

2 (poner entre masa) to fill

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verb

1) to steam up

2) tarnish

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VT (Culin) [con masa] to cover in a pastry case ; [con pan rallado] to cook or roll in breadcrumbs or pastry

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(Méx) empanizar verbo transitivo to coat... in breadcrumbs

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= mist, cloud, tarnish, taint.

Ex. The revenue-making services are glamorous, and their magic mists the fundamental democratic perspective of the free public library.

Ex. Whilst library schools should continue to concentrate upon traditional priorities and the obsession with machines and techniques should not cloud those priorities.

Ex. The article is entitled 'NCLIS (National Commission on Libraries and Information Science) assessment of public information dissemination: some sound ideas tarnished by defense of obsolete approaches' = El artículo se titula "Evaluación de la difusión de información pública por la NCLIS (Comisión Nacional sobre Bibliotecas y Documentación): algunas ideas acertadas deslucidas por la defensa de métodos obsoletos".

Ex. This article shows how the dowdy and boring image of the stereotypical librarian as presented in fiction, taints the portrayal of all who work in libraries.

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* empañarse = blur.

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(Méx) empanizar verbo transitivo to coat... in breadcrumbs

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= mist, cloud, tarnish, taint.

Ex: The revenue-making services are glamorous, and their magic mists the fundamental democratic perspective of the free public library.

Ex: Whilst library schools should continue to concentrate upon traditional priorities and the obsession with machines and techniques should not cloud those priorities.

Ex: The article is entitled 'NCLIS (National Commission on Libraries and Information Science) assessment of public information dissemination: some sound ideas tarnished by defense of obsolete approaches' = El artículo se titula "Evaluación de la difusión de información pública por la NCLIS (Comisión Nacional sobre Bibliotecas y Documentación): algunas ideas acertadas deslucidas por la defensa de métodos obsoletos".

Ex: This article shows how the dowdy and boring image of the stereotypical librarian as presented in fiction, taints the portrayal of all who work in libraries.

* empañarse = blur.

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empanar [A1 ]

vt

to coat … in breadcrumbs

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Multiple Entries:
empanar
empañar
empanar ( conjugate empanar), (Méx)
◊ empanizar A4 verbo transitivo

to coat … in breadcrumbs
empañar ( conjugate empañar) verbo transitivo ‹vidrio/espejo› to steam o mist up
empañarse verbo pronominal [vidrio/espejo] to steam o mist up
empañar verbo transitivo
1 (con vapor de agua) to steam up: afuera hacía tanto frío que nuestro aliento empañaba los cristales, it was so cold outside that our breath left all the windows steamed up
2 (la fama, reputación) to tarnish: sus comentarios machistas empañaron su prestigio, his sexist remarks were a blemish on his reputation

' empañar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
apanar
- empanar
English:
mist over
- mist up
- taint
- color
- pall
- tarnish

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empanar, Méx empanizar vt
Culin to coat in egg and breadcrumbs
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empanar

v/t coat in breadcrumbs

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empanar vt

: to bread

Spanish-English dictionary > empañar
83 encargo

m.

1 order (pedido).

por encargo to order

hecho de encargo tailor-made (peninsular Spanish)

2 errand (recado).

3 task, assignment (tarea).

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: encargar.

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encargo

► nombre masculino

1 (recado) errand

2 (empleo) job, assignment

3 (responsabilidad) responsibility

4 COMERCIO order, commission

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FRASEOLOGÍA

como hecho,-a de encargo perfect

hacer un encargo (recado) to run an errand 2 (pedido) to place an order

hecho,-a de encargo (a petición) made to order 2 (a la medida) made to measure

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noun m.

1) order

2) errand

3) commission, job

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SM

1) (=pedido) order

su encargo se perdió en el correo — your order got lost in the post

de o por encargo — [traje, vestido] tailor made, made to order; [muebles] made to order

"se hacen tartas por encargo" — "cakes made to order"

ni hecho de encargo podrías ser más torpe — hum you couldn't be more clumsy if you tried

2) [profesional] job, commission

todavía no me ha salido ningún encargo — I haven't been given any jobs o commissions yet

una exposición realizada por encargo del Ayuntamiento — an exhibition commissioned by the Council

3) [para comprar algo] errand

ha salido a hacer un encargo a la tienda — he's gone to the shop on an errand

le hice varios encargos de Nueva York — I asked him to buy a few things in New York, I asked him to bring back a few things from New York

4)

- dejar a algn con encargo

- traer a algn de encargo

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masculino

a) (recado, pedido)

¿te puedo hacer unos encargos? — could you buy o get a few things for me?

mi hijo está haciendo un encargo — my son is out on o is running an errand

b) (Com) order

los hacemos por encargo — we make them to order

sólo por encargo — ( en restaurante) must be ordered in advance

muebles de encargo — made-to-order o custom-made furniture

hecho de encargo — (Esp)

el sofá le va al salón que ni hecho de encargo — the sofa is absolutely tailor-made o perfect for the living room

eres más tonto que hecho de encargo — (fam) you couldn't be more stupid if you tried (colloq)

c) (cargo, misión) job, assignment

d) (AmL fam & euf) ( embarazo)

el novio la dejó con encargo — her boyfriend got her into trouble (euph)

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= commissioning, charge, errand, order.

Nota: Orden que se cursa a un proveedor dándole las referencias de los documentos que se desean adquirir por compra.

Ex. Such commissioning of books of this sort does not in any way imply that the author is working as a hack.

Ex. She was offered an opportunity to chair a task force within the library with the charge to investigate a new integrated system.

Ex. To many kids, errands are boring, tiring, and just a big drag.

Ex. The order is also indexed by the vendor from whom the document was ordered and the library fund from which the payments will be made.

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* encuadernación por encargo = bespoke binding.

* hacer encargos = run + errands.

* hacer por encargo = make to + order.

* hecho por encargo = tailor-made [tailormade], bespoke, custom-made, custom-built [custom built], custom-designed [custom designed], custom-tailored [custom tailored], made-to-order, made to measure.

* por encargo = custom, bespoke.

* programa informático hecho por encargo = tailor-made software.

* publicar por encargo = publishing on commission.

* sistema informático hecho por encargo = tailored system.

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masculino

a) (recado, pedido)

¿te puedo hacer unos encargos? — could you buy o get a few things for me?

mi hijo está haciendo un encargo — my son is out on o is running an errand

b) (Com) order

los hacemos por encargo — we make them to order

sólo por encargo — ( en restaurante) must be ordered in advance

muebles de encargo — made-to-order o custom-made furniture

hecho de encargo — (Esp)

el sofá le va al salón que ni hecho de encargo — the sofa is absolutely tailor-made o perfect for the living room

eres más tonto que hecho de encargo — (fam) you couldn't be more stupid if you tried (colloq)

c) (cargo, misión) job, assignment

d) (AmL fam & euf) ( embarazo)

el novio la dejó con encargo — her boyfriend got her into trouble (euph)

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= commissioning, charge, errand, order.

Nota: Orden que se cursa a un proveedor dándole las referencias de los documentos que se desean adquirir por compra.

Ex: Such commissioning of books of this sort does not in any way imply that the author is working as a hack.

Ex: She was offered an opportunity to chair a task force within the library with the charge to investigate a new integrated system.

Ex: To many kids, errands are boring, tiring, and just a big drag.

Ex: The order is also indexed by the vendor from whom the document was ordered and the library fund from which the payments will be made.

* encuadernación por encargo = bespoke binding.

* hacer encargos = run + errands.

* hacer por encargo = make to + order.

* hecho por encargo = tailor-made [tailormade], bespoke, custom-made, custom-built [custom built], custom-designed [custom designed], custom-tailored [custom tailored], made-to-order, made to measure.

* por encargo = custom, bespoke.

* programa informático hecho por encargo = tailor-made software.

* publicar por encargo = publishing on commission.

* sistema informático hecho por encargo = tailored system.

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encargo

masculine

1

(recado, pedido): ¿te puedo hacer unos encargos? could you buy a few things for me?, could you bring me back a few things?

tengo que salir a comprar los encargos que me han hecho I have to go out to buy the things I've been asked to get

mi hijo está haciendo un encargo my son is out on o is running an errand

2 ( Com) order

sólo los hacemos por encargo we only make them to order

[ S ] sólo por encargo (en un restaurante) must be ordered in advance

muebles de encargo con precios muy competitivos made-to-order o custom-made furniture at very competitive prices

hecho de encargo ( Esp): el sofá le va al salón que ni hecho de encargo the sofa goes so well in the living room, you would think it had been made to order, the sofa is absolutely tailor-made for the living room

eres más tonto que hecho de encargo ( fam); you couldn't be more stupid if you tried ( colloq)

3 (cargo, misión) job, assignment

4

( AmL fam euf) (embarazo): el novio se fue y la dejó con encargo her boyfriend went off, leaving her in the family way ( colloq dated)

traer a algn de encargo ( Méx fam); to give sb a hard time ( colloq)

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Del verbo encargar: ( conjugate encargar)

encargo es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

encargó es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

Multiple Entries:
encargar
encargo
encargar ( conjugate encargar) verbo transitivo
1
a) encargole algo a algn ‹ tarea› to entrust sb with sth;

◊ me encargó una botella de whisky escocés she asked me to buy o get her a bottle of Scotch

b) encargo a algn que haga algo to ask sb to do sth

2 ‹mueble/paella/libro› to order;
‹informe/cuadro› to commission
encargarse verbo pronominal encargose de algo/algn to take care of sth/sb;
◊ me tuve que encargo del asunto I had to take charge of the matter

encargo sustantivo masculino
a) (recado, pedido):

◊ ¿te puedo hacer unos encargos? could you buy o get a few things for me?;

mi hijo está haciendo un encargo my son is out on o is running an errand
b) (Com) order;

◊ los hacemos por encargo we make them to order

c) (cargo, misión) job, assignment

encargar verbo transitivo
1 (encomendar) to entrust: su madre le encargó que cuidara de sus hermanos, her mother entrusted her with the care of her brothers
2 Com (solicitar mercancías) to order: encargaremos una pizza, we'll order a pizza
(un servicio) to commission: ¿por qué no se lo encargas a ellos?, why don't you commission it from them?
encargo sustantivo masculino
1 (recado) errand: tengo que hacer un encargo, I have an errand to do
2 (tarea, trabajo) job, assignment: me han dado otro encargo, they've given me another job
3 Com order: lo fabrican por encargo, they make it to order
' encargo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
encargar
- encargarse
- recado
- tranquilo
English:
assign
- care
- catering
- command performance
- get in
- kissogram
- made-to-order
- order
- commission
- custom
- it

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encargo, RP encargue nm

1. [pedido] order;

hacer un encargo a alguien to order sth from sb;

les hicimos un encargo de una mesa la semana pasada we ordered a table from them last week;
Esp
(hecho) de encargo tailor-made;
Esp
mobiliario (hecho) de encargo furniture made to order;

se hacen paellas por encargo paella can be made to order;

el artista trabaja por encargo the artist does commission work;

Comp

es más tonto que hecho de encargo he couldn't be more stupid if he tried

2. [recado] errand;

me han hecho un encargo para que se lo compre en Londres they've asked me to buy something for them in London

3. [tarea] task, assignment;

viajó a Seattle con el encargo de cerrar el trato he went to Seattle charged with closing the deal

4. Am Fam [embarazo]
estar de encargo to be expecting

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encargo

m

1 job, errand;

¿te puedo hacer un encargo? can I ask you to do something for me?

2 COM order;

hecho por encargo made to order

3

:

por encargo de at the request of

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encargo nm

1) : errand

2) : job assignment

3) : order

hecho de encargo: custom-made, made to order

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encargo n

1. (pedido) order

aún no ha llegado el encargo the order hasn't arrived yet

2. (recado) errand

tengo que hacer un encargo I've got to run an errand

Spanish-English dictionary > encargo
84 enclenque

adj.

1 sickly, frail.

2 feeble, feeblish, frail, puny.

3 lank.

f. & m.

weakling, feeble person, weak person, weed.

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enclenque

► adjetivo

1 (flaco) skinny

2 (débil) weak, puny; (enfermizo) sickly

► nombre masulino o femenino

1 (flaco) skinny person

2 (débil) weak person, puny person; (enfermizo) sickly person

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ADJ weak, sickly

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adjetivo

a) < persona> ( enfermizo) sickly; ( delgado) weak, weedy (colloq)

b) < estructura> rickety

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= weakling, runt, nesh, weedy [weedier -comp., weediest -sup.], wimp, wimpy [wimpier -comp., wimpiest -sup.], wimpish.

Ex. According to Safire, when a slice a cake was put before him Putin said 'Sweets are for weaklings and children'.

Ex. Under the same regimens of treatment the number of runts produced varied from none to as much as 80 per cent of the litter.

Ex. Usually, half of us would sleep on the ground outside and the other half would go for the nesh option of sleeping in a tent or hut.

Ex. Shock as boofy blokes beat weedy intellectual in popularity contest.

Ex. I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.

Ex. I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.

Ex. What is not true is the assumption that art that is modest and discreet automatically lacks nerve and is intrinsically boring and wimpish.

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adjetivo

a) < persona> ( enfermizo) sickly; ( delgado) weak, weedy (colloq)

b) < estructura> rickety

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= weakling, runt, nesh, weedy [weedier -comp., weediest -sup.], wimp, wimpy [wimpier -comp., wimpiest -sup.], wimpish.

Ex: According to Safire, when a slice a cake was put before him Putin said 'Sweets are for weaklings and children'.

Ex: Under the same regimens of treatment the number of runts produced varied from none to as much as 80 per cent of the litter.

Ex: Usually, half of us would sleep on the ground outside and the other half would go for the nesh option of sleeping in a tent or hut.

Ex: Shock as boofy blokes beat weedy intellectual in popularity contest.

Ex: I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.

Ex: I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.

Ex: What is not true is the assumption that art that is modest and discreet automatically lacks nerve and is intrinsically boring and wimpish.

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enclenque

adjective

1 ‹persona› (enfermizo) sickly; (delgado) weak, weedy ( colloq)

2 ‹estructura› rickety

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enclenque adjetivo
a) ‹ persona› ( enfermizo) sickly;

( delgado) weak, weedy (colloq)
b) ‹ estructura› rickety

enclenque adj (debilucho) weak
(de poca salud) sickly
(delgaducho) puny: anda, come, que estás muy enclenque, come on, eat up, you're all skin and bone
' enclenque' also found in these entries:
English:
feeble
- puny
- weakling
- weedy

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enclenque adj

sickly, frail

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enclenque

I adj sickly, weak

II m/f weakling

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enclenque adj

: weak, sickly

Spanish-English dictionary > enclenque
85 encontrar

v.

1 to find.

lo encontré durmiendo I found him sleeping

Ella encuentra monedas en la calle She finds coins in the street.

Ella encontró su destino She found her destiny.

2 to encounter (dificultades).

3 to find.

no lo encuentro tan divertido como dice la gente I don't find it o think it is as funny as people say

no sé qué le encuentran a ese pintor I don't know what they see in that painter

4 to meet, to encounter, to come upon, to find.

Ella encontró a su media naranja She met her better half.

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encontrar

Conjugation model [ CONTAR], like link=contar contar

► verbo transitivo

1 (gen) to find

2 (una persona sin buscar) to come across, meet, bump into

3 (dificultades) to run into, come up against

4 (creer) to think, find

■ no lo encuentro adecuado I don't think it's suitable

5 (notar) to find

■ lo encuentro más difícil I find it more difficult

■ lo encuentro muy salado it tastes too salty

■ la encontré muy cambiada she has changed a lot

6 (chocar) to collide

► verbo pronominal encontrarse

1 (estar) to be

■ se encuentra enfermo he's ill

2 (persona) to meet; (por casualidad) to bump into, run into, meet

■ nos encontraremos allí we'll meet there

3 (dificultades) to run into

4 (chocar) to collide

5 figurado (sentirse) to feel, be

■ me encuentro mal I feel bad

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FRASEOLOGÍA

encontrarse con ganas de hacer algo / encontrarse con fuerzas para hacer algo to feel like doing something

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verb

1) to find

2) meet

3) encounter

•

- encontrarse

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1. VT

1) (=hallar buscando) to find

al final encontré la casa — I finally found the house

ha encontrado trabajo — he has found work o a job

no encuentro las llaves — I can't find the keys

no encontramos ningún sitio para alojarnos — we couldn't find anywhere to stay

no encuentro mi nombre en la lista — I can't find o see my name on the list

ya no vas a encontrar entradas — you won't get any tickets now

2) [por casualidad] [+ objeto, dinero] to find, come across; [+ persona] to meet, run into

han encontrado unos restos romanos — they have found some Roman remains

acabo de encontrar 50 euros — I've just found 50 euros

le encontraron un tumor — they found him to have a tumour, he was found to have a tumour

encontró la muerte en un accidente de tráfico — he met his death in a road accident

• encontrar a algn haciendo algo — to find sb doing sth

la encontré llamando por teléfono — I found her making a phone call

cuando llegué a casa lo encontré durmiendo — when I got home I found him asleep

3) [+ oposición] to meet with, encounter; [+ problema] to find, encounter, come across

hasta el momento sus actividades no han encontrado oposición — so far their activities haven't met with o encountered any opposition

no encontré oposición alguna para acceder a su despacho — no one tried to stop me from getting into his office

encontrar dificultades — to encounter difficulties, run into trouble

no encontramos ninguna dificultad para llegar hasta allí — we didn't have any trouble getting there

4) (=percibir) to see

no le encuentro sentido a lo que dices — I can't see the sense in what you're saying

no le encuentro ninguna lógica a esta situación — I can't make any sense of this situation

no sé lo que le encuentran — I don't know what they see in her

5) (=considerar) to find

¿encuentras el libro fácil de leer? — do you find the book easy to read?

yo la encuentro bastante atractiva — I find her quite attractive

¿cómo encontraste a tus padres después del viaje? — how did you find your parents after the trip?

encuentro muy correctos sus comentarios — I think his comments are absolutely right

¿qué tal me encuentras? — how do I look?

te encuentro estupendamente — you look fantastic

2.

See:

encontrarse

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1.
verbo transitivo

Sentido I

1)

a) ( buscando) <casa/trabajo/persona> to find

no encontré entradas para el teatro — I couldn't get tickets for the theater

no le encuentro lógica — I can't see the logic in it

b) ( casualmente) <cartera/billete> to find, come across

2) ( descubrir) <falta/error> to find, spot; <cáncer/quiste> to find, discover

3) <obstáculo/dificultad> to meet (with), encounter

allí encontró la muerte — (period) he met his death there

Sentido II

4) (+ compl)

te encuentro muy cambiado — you look very different

qué bien te encuentro! — you look so well!

lo encuentro ridículo — I find it ridiculous

¿cómo encontraste el país? — how did the country seem to you?

encontré la puerta cerrada — I found the door shut
2.
1) encontrarse v pron

Sentido I

2)

a) ( por casualidad)

encontrarse con alguien — to meet somebody, bump into somebody (colloq)

b) (refl) (Psic) tb

encontrarse a sí mismo — to find oneself

3) (recípr)

a) ( reunirse) to meet; ( por casualidad) to meet, bump into each other (colloq)

quedamos en encontrarnos en la estación — we arranged to meet at the station

b) carreteras/líneas to meet

4) (enf) ( inesperadamente) < persona> to meet, bump into (colloq); <billete/cartera> to find, come across

se encontró la casa patas arriba — he found the house in a terrible state

me encontré con que todos se habían ido — I found they had all gone

Sentido II

5) (frml) ( estar) to be

me encuentro mejor — I am feeling better

se encuentra indispuesto — he's unwell

se encuentra detenido en la comisaría — he's being detained in the police station

el hotel se encuentra cerca de la estación — the hotel is (located) near the station

la crisis en que nos encontramos — the crisis in which we find ourselves (frml)

* * *

= dig up, encounter, find, locate, spot, trace, track, turn up, find + Posesivo + way to, disinter, ferret out, root out, lay + hands on, come by, track down, bump into.

Ex. The list of changed headings is almost literally endless if you have the patience to dig them all up.

Ex. This simple observation also goes some of the way towards explaining the variety of tools, methods and systems which are encountered in the organisation knowledge.

Ex. Wherever abstracts are found they are included to save the user's time in information gathering and selection.

Ex. This order suffices for a list whose purpose is to identify and locate documents, whose bibliographic details are already known.

Ex. When all necessary amendments have been spotted, edit the draft abstract and make any improvements to the style that are possible.

Ex. The author approach remains an important means of tracing a specific document.

Ex. The index fields are used for tracking annual indexes.

Ex. Although I have not done a complete analytical search of library literature for discussions of the structures of catalogs, preliminary searches have turned up little except for historical discussions.

Ex. He found his way quickly and easily to the materials he needed.

Ex. Tests such as this one will often disinter the real citation intended but it is a time consuming task.

Ex. As a rule analysts are left on their own to ferret out useful and appropriate areas to be investigated.

Ex. The article has the title ' Rooting out journals on the Net'.

Ex. It is, therefore, expedient to look into history to lay hands on the root of the problem.

Ex. This article shows how teachers came by such information and the use they made it of in their work.

Ex. In stepping away from the genre's glamorous robberies and flashy lifestyle, this stealthy, potent movie tracks down the British gangster icon to its inevitable end.

Ex. Slake is such a dreamer that he bumps into lampposts.

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* buscar y encontrar = match.

* difícil de encontrar = hard-to-find.

* dificultad + encontrarse = difficulty + lie.

* el que lo encuentre se lo queda = finders keepers.

* encontrar aceptación = find + favour, find + acceptance, find + a home.

* encontrar + Adjetivo + de + Infinitivo = find it + Adjetivo + to + Infinitivo.

* encontrar afinidades = find + common ground.

* encontrar Algo demasiado difícil = be out of + Posesivo + league.

* encontrar Algo difícil = have + a hard time, have + a tough time.

* encontrar alojamiento = find + a home.

* encontrar aplicación práctica = find + application.

* encontrar casa = find + a home.

* encontrar confortable = find + comfortable.

* encontrar cosas comunes = find + common ground.

* encontrar defectos = fault.

* encontrar defectos en = find + fault with, see + faults in.

* encontrar difícil de explicar = be hard put to explain.

* encontrar difícil + Infinitivo = find it hard to + Infinitivo.

* encontrar dificultades = encounter + difficulties, encounter + limitations.

* encontrar eco en = find + echo in.

* encontrar el camino = wayfinding, wind + Posesivo + way.

* encontrar el camino de vuelta = find + Posesivo + way back.

* encontrar el dinero = come up with + the money.

* encontrar el equilibrio = strike + the right note.

* encontrar el modo de = find + way of/to.

* encontrar el modo de paliar un problema = find + way (a)round + problem.

* encontrar el modo de regresar = find + Posesivo + way back.

* encontrar el punto medio = strike + the right note.

* encontrar el tiempo = make + an opportunity.

* encontrar en abundancia = find + in abundance.

* encontrar evidencias = find + evidence.

* encontrar expresión = find + expression.

* encontrar información = dredge up + information.

* encontrar justificación = build + a case for.

* encontrar la forma de = devise + ways.

* encontrar la horma de + Posesivo + zapato = meet + Posesivo + match.

* encontrar la realización de Uno = be + Posesivo + big scene.

* encontrar la salida a = find + a/the way out of.

* encontrarle defectos a todo = nitpick.

* encontrarle el truco a Algo = have + a handle on, get + a handle on.

* encontrarle el truquillo a Algo = have + a handle on, get + a handle on.

* encontrarle faltas a todo = nitpick.

* encontrar limitaciones = encounter + limitations.

* encontrar muy difícil = be hard-pushed to.

* encontrar oposición = meet with + opposition, find + opposition.

* encontrar placer = find + delight, find + enjoyment.

* encontrar por casualidad = come across, chance on/upon, stumble on.

* encontrar pruebas = find + evidence.

* encontrarse = occur, be positioned, reside, stand on, come upon, be poised, meet up, find + Reflexivo.

* encontrarse a gusto = be at ease.

* encontrarse ante un reto = in the face of + challenge.

* encontrarse cara a cara = come + face to face.

* encontrarse con = meet, run into, cross + Posesivo + path.

* encontrarse con dificultades = run up against + difficulties.

* encontrarse confortable = be at ease.

* encontrarse con problemas = run into + trouble.

* encontrarse con sorpresas = encounter + surprises.

* encontrarse con una barrera = face + barrier.

* encontrarse con una limitación = face + limitation.

* encontrarse con una situación = come across + situation, meet + situation.

* encontrarse con una sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening + be in store, be in for a rude awakening.

* encontrarse con una traba = face + limitation, face + barrier.

* encontrarse con un obstáculo = face + obstacle.

* encontrarse con un problema = encounter + problem, meet with + problem, run up against + issue, come across + problem.

* encontrarse en = lie (in), be based at.

* encontrarse en casa = be in.

* encontrarse en dificultades = find + Reflexivo + in difficulties.

* encontrarse en el trasfondo de = lie at + the root of.

* encontrarse en una mejor situación económica = be economically better off.

* encontrarse en un dilema = be caught in a conundrum.

* encontrarse en un impás = face + impasse.

* encontrarse en ventaja = find + Reflexivo + at an advantage.

* encontrarse fuera de lugar = be out of + Posesivo + element, be out of place.

* encontrar simpatizadores = find + friends.

* encontrar suerte = be in for a good thing, come in for + a good thing, be into a good thing.

* encontrar su propio modo de actuar = find + Posesivo + own way.

* encontrar su sitio = find + a home.

* encontrar tiempo = find + time.

* encontrar trabajo = find + a job.

* encontrar trabajo en una biblioteca = join + library.

* encontrar una salida a = find + a/the way out of.

* encontrar una solución = find + solution, develop + solution.

* encontrar un chollo = come in for + a good thing, be in for a good thing, be into a good thing.

* encontrar un equilibrio = find + a balance.

* encontrar un hueco = find + a home.

* encontrar un término medio entre... y = tread + a middle path between... and.

* intentar encontrar un término medio entre... y... = tread + a delicate line between... and.

* no encontrar nada + Adjetivo = find far from + Adjetivo.

* no encontrar palabras = be at a loss for words, be lost for words.

* orígenes + encontrarse = origins + lie.

* problema + encontrarse = problem + lie.

* respuesta + encontrar = answer + lie.

* ser difícil de encontrar = be hard to find.

* solución + encontrarse en = solution + lie in.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

Sentido I

1)

a) ( buscando) <casa/trabajo/persona> to find

no encontré entradas para el teatro — I couldn't get tickets for the theater

no le encuentro lógica — I can't see the logic in it

b) ( casualmente) <cartera/billete> to find, come across

2) ( descubrir) <falta/error> to find, spot; <cáncer/quiste> to find, discover

3) <obstáculo/dificultad> to meet (with), encounter

allí encontró la muerte — (period) he met his death there

Sentido II

4) (+ compl)

te encuentro muy cambiado — you look very different

qué bien te encuentro! — you look so well!

lo encuentro ridículo — I find it ridiculous

¿cómo encontraste el país? — how did the country seem to you?

encontré la puerta cerrada — I found the door shut
2.
1) encontrarse v pron

Sentido I

2)

a) ( por casualidad)

encontrarse con alguien — to meet somebody, bump into somebody (colloq)

b) (refl) (Psic) tb

encontrarse a sí mismo — to find oneself

3) (recípr)

a) ( reunirse) to meet; ( por casualidad) to meet, bump into each other (colloq)

quedamos en encontrarnos en la estación — we arranged to meet at the station

b) carreteras/líneas to meet

4) (enf) ( inesperadamente) < persona> to meet, bump into (colloq); <billete/cartera> to find, come across

se encontró la casa patas arriba — he found the house in a terrible state

me encontré con que todos se habían ido — I found they had all gone

Sentido II

5) (frml) ( estar) to be

me encuentro mejor — I am feeling better

se encuentra indispuesto — he's unwell

se encuentra detenido en la comisaría — he's being detained in the police station

el hotel se encuentra cerca de la estación — the hotel is (located) near the station

la crisis en que nos encontramos — the crisis in which we find ourselves (frml)

* * *

= dig up, encounter, find, locate, spot, trace, track, turn up, find + Posesivo + way to, disinter, ferret out, root out, lay + hands on, come by, track down, bump into.

Ex: The list of changed headings is almost literally endless if you have the patience to dig them all up.

Ex: This simple observation also goes some of the way towards explaining the variety of tools, methods and systems which are encountered in the organisation knowledge.

Ex: Wherever abstracts are found they are included to save the user's time in information gathering and selection.

Ex: This order suffices for a list whose purpose is to identify and locate documents, whose bibliographic details are already known.

Ex: When all necessary amendments have been spotted, edit the draft abstract and make any improvements to the style that are possible.

Ex: The author approach remains an important means of tracing a specific document.

Ex: The index fields are used for tracking annual indexes.

Ex: Although I have not done a complete analytical search of library literature for discussions of the structures of catalogs, preliminary searches have turned up little except for historical discussions.

Ex: He found his way quickly and easily to the materials he needed.

Ex: Tests such as this one will often disinter the real citation intended but it is a time consuming task.

Ex: As a rule analysts are left on their own to ferret out useful and appropriate areas to be investigated.

Ex: The article has the title ' Rooting out journals on the Net'.

Ex: It is, therefore, expedient to look into history to lay hands on the root of the problem.

Ex: This article shows how teachers came by such information and the use they made it of in their work.

Ex: In stepping away from the genre's glamorous robberies and flashy lifestyle, this stealthy, potent movie tracks down the British gangster icon to its inevitable end.

Ex: Slake is such a dreamer that he bumps into lampposts.

* buscar y encontrar = match.

* difícil de encontrar = hard-to-find.

* dificultad + encontrarse = difficulty + lie.

* el que lo encuentre se lo queda = finders keepers.

* encontrar aceptación = find + favour, find + acceptance, find + a home.

* encontrar + Adjetivo + de + Infinitivo = find it + Adjetivo + to + Infinitivo.

* encontrar afinidades = find + common ground.

* encontrar Algo demasiado difícil = be out of + Posesivo + league.

* encontrar Algo difícil = have + a hard time, have + a tough time.

* encontrar alojamiento = find + a home.

* encontrar aplicación práctica = find + application.

* encontrar casa = find + a home.

* encontrar confortable = find + comfortable.

* encontrar cosas comunes = find + common ground.

* encontrar defectos = fault.

* encontrar defectos en = find + fault with, see + faults in.

* encontrar difícil de explicar = be hard put to explain.

* encontrar difícil + Infinitivo = find it hard to + Infinitivo.

* encontrar dificultades = encounter + difficulties, encounter + limitations.

* encontrar eco en = find + echo in.

* encontrar el camino = wayfinding, wind + Posesivo + way.

* encontrar el camino de vuelta = find + Posesivo + way back.

* encontrar el dinero = come up with + the money.

* encontrar el equilibrio = strike + the right note.

* encontrar el modo de = find + way of/to.

* encontrar el modo de paliar un problema = find + way (a)round + problem.

* encontrar el modo de regresar = find + Posesivo + way back.

* encontrar el punto medio = strike + the right note.

* encontrar el tiempo = make + an opportunity.

* encontrar en abundancia = find + in abundance.

* encontrar evidencias = find + evidence.

* encontrar expresión = find + expression.

* encontrar información = dredge up + information.

* encontrar justificación = build + a case for.

* encontrar la forma de = devise + ways.

* encontrar la horma de + Posesivo + zapato = meet + Posesivo + match.

* encontrar la realización de Uno = be + Posesivo + big scene.

* encontrar la salida a = find + a/the way out of.

* encontrarle defectos a todo = nitpick.

* encontrarle el truco a Algo = have + a handle on, get + a handle on.

* encontrarle el truquillo a Algo = have + a handle on, get + a handle on.

* encontrarle faltas a todo = nitpick.

* encontrar limitaciones = encounter + limitations.

* encontrar muy difícil = be hard-pushed to.

* encontrar oposición = meet with + opposition, find + opposition.

* encontrar placer = find + delight, find + enjoyment.

* encontrar por casualidad = come across, chance on/upon, stumble on.

* encontrar pruebas = find + evidence.

* encontrarse = occur, be positioned, reside, stand on, come upon, be poised, meet up, find + Reflexivo.

* encontrarse a gusto = be at ease.

* encontrarse ante un reto = in the face of + challenge.

* encontrarse cara a cara = come + face to face.

* encontrarse con = meet, run into, cross + Posesivo + path.

* encontrarse con dificultades = run up against + difficulties.

* encontrarse confortable = be at ease.

* encontrarse con problemas = run into + trouble.

* encontrarse con sorpresas = encounter + surprises.

* encontrarse con una barrera = face + barrier.

* encontrarse con una limitación = face + limitation.

* encontrarse con una situación = come across + situation, meet + situation.

* encontrarse con una sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening + be in store, be in for a rude awakening.

* encontrarse con una traba = face + limitation, face + barrier.

* encontrarse con un obstáculo = face + obstacle.

* encontrarse con un problema = encounter + problem, meet with + problem, run up against + issue, come across + problem.

* encontrarse en = lie (in), be based at.

* encontrarse en casa = be in.

* encontrarse en dificultades = find + Reflexivo + in difficulties.

* encontrarse en el trasfondo de = lie at + the root of.

* encontrarse en una mejor situación económica = be economically better off.

* encontrarse en un dilema = be caught in a conundrum.

* encontrarse en un impás = face + impasse.

* encontrarse en ventaja = find + Reflexivo + at an advantage.

* encontrarse fuera de lugar = be out of + Posesivo + element, be out of place.

* encontrar simpatizadores = find + friends.

* encontrar suerte = be in for a good thing, come in for + a good thing, be into a good thing.

* encontrar su propio modo de actuar = find + Posesivo + own way.

* encontrar su sitio = find + a home.

* encontrar tiempo = find + time.

* encontrar trabajo = find + a job.

* encontrar trabajo en una biblioteca = join + library.

* encontrar una salida a = find + a/the way out of.

* encontrar una solución = find + solution, develop + solution.

* encontrar un chollo = come in for + a good thing, be in for a good thing, be into a good thing.

* encontrar un equilibrio = find + a balance.

* encontrar un hueco = find + a home.

* encontrar un término medio entre... y = tread + a middle path between... and.

* intentar encontrar un término medio entre... y... = tread + a delicate line between... and.

* no encontrar nada + Adjetivo = find far from + Adjetivo.

* no encontrar palabras = be at a loss for words, be lost for words.

* orígenes + encontrarse = origins + lie.

* problema + encontrarse = problem + lie.

* respuesta + encontrar = answer + lie.

* ser difícil de encontrar = be hard to find.

* solución + encontrarse en = solution + lie in.

* * *

encontrar [ A10 ]

vt

Sentido I

A

1 (buscando) ‹casa/trabajo/persona› to find

por fin encontró el vestido que quería she finally found the dress she wanted

no encuentro mi nombre en la lista I can't see o find my name on the list

¿dónde puedo encontrar al director? where can I find the manager?

no encontré entradas para el teatro I couldn't get tickets for the theater

yo a esto no le encuentro lógica I can't see the logic in this

lo encontré llorando I found him crying

2 (casualmente) ‹cartera/billete› to find, come across, come upon o on

lo encontré (de casualidad) I found it o came across it o came on o upon it (by chance)

B (descubrir) ‹falta/error› to find, spot; ‹cáncer/quiste› to find, discover

le encontraron un tumor they found o discovered that he had a tumor

C ‹obstáculo/dificultad› to meet with, meet, encounter

no encontró ninguna oposición a su plan his plan didn't meet with o come up against o encounter any opposition

el accidente donde encontró la muerte ( period); the accident in which he met his death

Sentido II (+ compl):

te encuentro muy cambiado you've changed a lot, you look very different

¡qué bien te encuentro! you look so well!

encuentro ridículo todo este protocolo I find all this formality ridiculous, all this formality seems ridiculous to me

¿cómo encontraste el país después de tantos años? what did you make of the country o how did the country seem to you after all these years?

encontré muy acertadas sus intervenciones I found his comments very relevant, I thought his comments were very relevant

la encuentro muy desmejorada she seems a lot worse

lo encuentro muy aburrido I find him very boring, I think he is very boring

encontré la puerta cerrada I found the door shut

■ encontrarse

v pron

Sentido I

A

1 (por casualidad) encontrarse CON algn to meet sb, bump o run INTO sb ( colloq)

2 ( refl) ( Psic) tb

encontrarse a sí mismo to find oneself

B ( recípr)

1 (reunirse) to meet; (por casualidad) to meet, bump o run into each other ( colloq)

hemos quedado en encontrarnos en la estación we've arranged to meet at the station

2 «carreteras/líneas» to meet

C ( enf) (inesperadamente) ‹persona› to meet, bump o run into ( colloq); ‹billete/cartera› to find, come across, come on

cuando volvió se encontró la casa patas arriba when he returned he found the house in a mess

encontrarse CON algo:

cuando volví me encontré con que todos se habían ido I got back to find that they had all gone, when I got back I found they had all gone

Sentido II ( frml) (estar)

A (en un estado, una situación) to be

hoy me encuentro mucho mejor I am feeling a lot better today

el enfermo se encuentra fuera de peligro the patient is out of danger

la oficina se encontraba vacía the office was empty

no se encuentra con fuerzas para continuar he doesn't have the strength to go on

B (en un lugar) to be

el jefe se encuentra en una reunión the boss is in a meeting

la catedral se encuentra en el centro de la ciudad the cathedral is situated in the city center

entre las obras expuestas se encuentra su famosa Última Cena among the works on display is his famous Last Supper

en este momento el doctor no se encuentra the doctor is not here o is not in at the moment

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encontrar ( conjugate encontrar) verbo transitivo
1
a) ( buscando) ‹casa/trabajo/persona› to find;

◊ no encontré entradas para el teatro I couldn't get tickets for the theater;

no le encuentro lógica I can't see the logic in it
b) ( casualmente) ‹cartera/billete› to find, come across

c) ( descubrir) ‹falta/error› to find, spot;

‹cáncer/quiste› to find, discover
d) ‹obstáculo/dificultad› to meet (with), encounter

2 (+ compl):
◊ te encuentro muy cambiado you look very different;

lo encuentro ridículo I find it ridiculous;
¿cómo encontraste el país? how did the country seem to you?
encontrarse verbo pronominal
1 ( por casualidad) encontrarse con algn to meet sb, bump into sb (colloq)
2 ( recípr)
a) ( reunirse) to meet;

( por casualidad) to meet, bump into each other (colloq)
b) [carreteras/líneas] to meet

3 ( enf) ( inesperadamente) ‹billete/cartera› to find, come across;
◊ me encontré con que todos se habían ido I found they had all gone

4 (frml) ( estar) to be;
◊ me encuentro mejor I am feeling better;

el hotel se encuentra cerca de la estación the hotel is (located) near the station
encontrar verbo transitivo
1 (algo/alguien buscado) to find: no encuentro el momento adecuado para decírselo, I can't find the right time to tell him
2 (tropezar) to meet: encontré a Luisa en el cine, I met Luisa at the cinema
encontrarás serias dificultades, you'll come up against serious difficulties
3 (considerar, parecer) lo encuentro de mal gusto, I find it in bad taste
' encontrar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acertar
- aparecer
- aterrizar
- atinar
- colocarse
- desconocer
- discografía
- fórmula
- hallar
- horma
- mariposear
- parte
- buscar
- dar
- encuentra
- esquivo
- solución
- ver
English:
bear
- difficulty
- dig around
- discover
- find
- fit in
- flesh
- forgetful
- get
- grade
- housekeeper
- intensify
- intimate
- locate
- lodging
- loophole
- pent-up
- replacement
- scrabble
- speed up
- store up
- strike
- traceable
- trail
- try
- be
- come
- encounter
- explain
- fumble
- high
- meet
- run
- seek
- solve
- spot
- stumble
- time
- word
- work

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encontrar

♦ vt

1. [buscando, por casualidad] to find;

he encontrado el paraguas I've found my umbrella;

encontré el libro que buscaba I found the book I was looking for;

le han encontrado un cáncer they've diagnosed her as having cancer;

encontré la mesa puesta I found the table already set;

lo encontré durmiendo I found him sleeping;

no encuentro palabras para expresar mi gratitud I can't find the words to express my gratitude;

Comp
CSur Fam
encontrar la vuelta a algo to get to grips with sth

2. [dificultades] to encounter;

no encontraron ninguna oposición al proyecto they encountered no opposition to the project

3. [juzgar, considerar] to find;

encontré muy positivos tus comentarios I found your comments very positive;

encuentro infantil tu actitud I find your attitude childish;

encuentro la ciudad/a tu hermana muy cambiada the city/your sister has changed a lot, I find the city/your sister much changed;

no lo encuentro tan divertido como dice la gente I don't find it o think it is as funny as people say;

no sé qué le encuentran a ese pintor I don't know what they see in that painter

♦ See also the pronominal verb encontrarse

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encontrar

v/t find

* * *

encontrar {19} vt

1) hallar: to find

2) : to encounter, to meet

♦ See also the reflexive verb encontrarse

* * *

encontrar vb to find [pt. & pp. found]

no encuentro el libro que me dejaste I can't find the book you lent me

¿has encontrado las llaves? have you found your keys?

Spanish-English dictionary > encontrar
86 envilecer

v.

1 to debase.

2 to pervert, to corrupt, to debase, to debauch.

3 to adulterate.

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envilecer

Conjugation model [ AGRADECER], like link=agradecer agradecer

► verbo transitivo

1 to debase, degrade

► verbo intransitivo

1 to lose value, be debased

► verbo pronominal envilecerse

1 to debase oneself, degrade oneself

■ bebió tanto que se envileció he debased himself by drinking so much

* * *

1.

VT to debase, degrade

2.

See:

envilecerse

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo to degrade, debase
2.
envilecer vi to degrade, be degrading
3.
envilecerse v pron to degrade o debase oneself

* * *

= abase, taint, defile.

Ex. Fairy tales not abased by the 'culture industry' might save us from our present state of barbarism resulting from a capitalism run wild.

Ex. This article shows how the dowdy and boring image of the stereotypical librarian as presented in fiction, taints the portrayal of all who work in libraries.

Ex. No person shall throw any waste, building debris or vehicle scrap into the public domain or defile the public domain.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo to degrade, debase
2.
envilecer vi to degrade, be degrading
3.
envilecerse v pron to degrade o debase oneself

* * *

= abase, taint, defile.

Ex: Fairy tales not abased by the 'culture industry' might save us from our present state of barbarism resulting from a capitalism run wild.

Ex: This article shows how the dowdy and boring image of the stereotypical librarian as presented in fiction, taints the portrayal of all who work in libraries.

Ex: No person shall throw any waste, building debris or vehicle scrap into the public domain or defile the public domain.

* * *

envilecer [E3 ]

vt

to degrade, debase

■ envilecer

vi

to degrade, be degrading

■ envilecerse

v pron

to degrade o debase oneself

* * *

envilecer verbo transitivo to degrade, debase
' envilecer' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
degradar
English:
debase

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envilecer

♦ vt

to debase

♦ vi

to become debased

♦ See also the pronominal verb envilecerse

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envilecer

v/t degrade, debase

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envilecer {53} vt

: to degrade, to debase

Spanish-English dictionary > envilecer
87 esmeradamente

adv.

1 nicely, correctly, accurately.

2 with great care, elegantly, carefully.

* * *

esmeradamente

► adverbio

1 carefully, neatly

* * *

ADV carefully, neatly

* * *

adverbio carefully, painstakingly

objetos esmeradamente restaurados — lovingly restored objects

* * *

= painstakingly, busily, studiously.

Ex. The audience interaction with the speakers at all three meetings has been painstakingly transcribed and edited.

Ex. However, it should be noted that at the same time DDC was busily involved in a full-scale revision of its retrieval and indexing terminology.

Ex. It was a boring performance in the sense that nothing happened except what was studiously prepared in advance.

* * *

adverbio carefully, painstakingly

objetos esmeradamente restaurados — lovingly restored objects

* * *

= painstakingly, busily, studiously.

Ex: The audience interaction with the speakers at all three meetings has been painstakingly transcribed and edited.

Ex: However, it should be noted that at the same time DDC was busily involved in a full-scale revision of its retrieval and indexing terminology.

Ex: It was a boring performance in the sense that nothing happened except what was studiously prepared in advance.

* * *

esmeradamente

adverb

carefully, painstakingly

objetos esmeradamente restaurados lovingly restored objects

* * *

esmeradamente adv

painstakingly, with extreme care

Spanish-English dictionary > esmeradamente
88 gallina

adj.

chicken-hearted.

f.

1 hen.

cría gallinas he keeps chickens (gallinas, pollos y gallos)

la gallina ciega (informal) blind man's buff

matar la gallina de los huevos de oro (informal figurative) to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs

2 coward, wimp, quitter, yellow-belly.

f. & m.

chicken, coward (informal) (person).

* * *

gallina

► nombre femenino

1 hen

► nombre masulino o femenino

1 familiar chicken, coward

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

acostarse con las gallinas to go to bed very early

como gallina en corral ajeno familiar like a fish out of water

jugar a la gallina ciega to play blind man's buff

matar la gallina de los huevos de oro familiar to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs

gallina clueca broody hen

gallina de agua coot

gallina de Guinea guinea fowl

gallina de mar stargazer

piel de gallina gooseflesh, goose pimples plural

* * *

noun f.

hen

* * *

1. SF

1) (=ave) hen

- acostarse con las gallinas

- cantar la gallina

- andar como gallina clueca

- estar como gallina en corral ajeno

- estar como gallina con huevos

- ¡hasta que meen las gallinas!

- matar la gallina de los huevos de oro

- las gallinas de arriba ensucian a las de abajo

gallina ciega — CAm, Caribe (=gusano) white worm

jugar a la gallina ciega — to play blind man's buff

gallina clueca — broody o (EEUU) brooding hen

gallina de agua — coot

gallina de bantam — bantam

gallina de Guinea — guinea fowl

gallina de mar — gurnard

gallina ponedora — laying hen

2) (Culin) chicken

caldo de gallina — chicken broth

gallina en pepitoria — chicken in a sauce made with wine, bread, egg, almonds and pine nuts

2.

SMF * (=cobarde) chicken *, coward

* * *
I
adjetivo (fam) chicken (colloq)
II
femenino

1) (Zool) hen; (Coc) chicken

caldo de gallina — chicken broth

acostarse/levantarse con las gallinas — (fam) to go to bed early/to get up at the crack of dawn

estar/sentirse como gallina en corral ajeno — (fam) to be/feel like a fish out of water

matar la gallina de los huevos de oro — to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs

- gallina clueca

- gallinita ciega

2) gallina masculino y femenino (fam) ( cobarde) chicken (colloq)

* * *

= hen, wuss, cowardly, wussy [wussier -comp., wussiest -sup.], wimpy [wimpier -comp., wimpiest -sup.], wimpish.

Ex. So Hutchins arranges her drawings in such a way that as your eye travels leftwards across the page you see the fox who is stalking the hen and trying to catch her.

Ex. He goes on to state that liberals are wusses for claiming 'I support the troops but not the war'.

Ex. Tachers found girls more virile, obtrusive, mischievous, sharing, straightforward, careless, dependent, quiet, and cowardly.

Ex. And being against the war and saying you support the troops is one of the wussiest positions the pacifists have ever taken.

Ex. I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.

Ex. What is not true is the assumption that art that is modest and discreet automatically lacks nerve and is intrinsically boring and wimpish.

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* dilema de qué es primero el huevo o la gallina = chicken and egg situation.

* gallina de campo = free-range hen.

* gallina de corral = free-range hen.

* gallina de granja = free-range hen.

* gallina ponedora = egg-laying hen.

* * *
I
adjetivo (fam) chicken (colloq)
II
femenino

1) (Zool) hen; (Coc) chicken

caldo de gallina — chicken broth

acostarse/levantarse con las gallinas — (fam) to go to bed early/to get up at the crack of dawn

estar/sentirse como gallina en corral ajeno — (fam) to be/feel like a fish out of water

matar la gallina de los huevos de oro — to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs

- gallina clueca

- gallinita ciega

2) gallina masculino y femenino (fam) ( cobarde) chicken (colloq)

* * *

= hen, wuss, cowardly, wussy [wussier -comp., wussiest -sup.], wimpy [wimpier -comp., wimpiest -sup.], wimpish.

Ex: So Hutchins arranges her drawings in such a way that as your eye travels leftwards across the page you see the fox who is stalking the hen and trying to catch her.

Ex: He goes on to state that liberals are wusses for claiming 'I support the troops but not the war'.

Ex: Tachers found girls more virile, obtrusive, mischievous, sharing, straightforward, careless, dependent, quiet, and cowardly.

Ex: And being against the war and saying you support the troops is one of the wussiest positions the pacifists have ever taken.

Ex: I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.

Ex: What is not true is the assumption that art that is modest and discreet automatically lacks nerve and is intrinsically boring and wimpish.

* dilema de qué es primero el huevo o la gallina = chicken and egg situation.

* gallina de campo = free-range hen.

* gallina de corral = free-range hen.

* gallina de granja = free-range hen.

* gallina ponedora = egg-laying hen.

* * *

gallina¹

adjective

( fam); chicken ( colloq)

¡qué gallina eres! chicken! o don't be so chicken!

gallina²

feminine

A ( Zool) hen; ( Coc) chicken

caldo de gallina chicken broth

acostarse con or (Bol, RPl) como las gallinas to go to bed early

estar/sentirse como gallina en corral ajeno ( fam); to be/feel like a fish out of water

la gallina de los huevos de oro the goose that lays/laid the golden eggs

levantarse con or (Bol, RPl) como las gallinas ( fam); to get up at the crack of dawn, be up with the lark

Compuestos:

● gallina clueca

(empollando) broody hen; (cuidando la pollada) mother hen

me tocó sentarme al lado de un grupo de gallinas cluecas ( fam); I had to sit next to a group of squawking women ( colloq)

estar como or parecer una gallina clueca ( fam); to be like a mother hen

● gallina de Guinea

guinea fowl

● gallina or gallinita ciega

blind man's buff

● gallina ponedora

laying hen

B

gallina masculine and feminine ( fam) (cobarde) chicken ( colloq), wimp ( colloq)

* * *

gallina sustantivo femenino
1 (Zool) hen;
(Coc) chicken;
◊ gallina clueca ( empollando) broody hen;

( cuidando la pollada) mother hen;
◊ gallinita ciega blind man's buff

2
◊ gallina sustantivo masculino y femenino (fam) ( cobarde) chicken (colloq)

gallina
I sustantivo femenino
1 Zool hen
2 (juego) la gallina/gallinita ciega, blind man's buff
II mf fam coward, chicken
III adjetivo coward: no seas tan gallina y pídeselo de una vez, stop being such a chicken - just go ahead and ask him
♦ Locuciones: familiar ¡cuando las gallinas meen!, and pigs might fly!
estar como gallina en corral ajeno, to feel like a fish out of water
la gallina de los huevos de oro, the goose that lays the golden eggs;
' gallina' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cacarear
- cacareo
- carne
- carné
- empollar
- piel
- aletear
English:
chicken
- egg
- goosebumps
- gooseflesh
- goosepimples
- hen
- goose
- speckle

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gallina

♦ adj
Fam [persona] chicken, wimp;
es muy gallina he's such a chicken o wimp

♦ nf

hen;

cría gallinas [gallinas, pollos y gallos] he keeps chickens;

Comp
Fam
acostarse con las gallinas to go to bed early;

Comp
Fam
levantarse con las gallinas to get up at cock-crow, to be up with the lark;

Comp
Fam
como gallina en corral ajeno like a fish out of water

Comp
gallina de agua coot; Fam la gallina ciega blind man's buff;
gallina clueca broody hen;

gallina de Guinea guinea fowl;

la gallina de los huevos de oro the golden goose, the goose that lays the golden eggs;

Comp
Fam
matar la gallina de los huevos de oro to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs;

gallina pintada guinea fowl

♦ nmf
Fam [persona] chicken, coward
* * *

gallina

I f hen;

matar la gallina de los huevos de oro kill the goose that lays the golden eggs

II m/f fam

chicken

* * *

gallina nf

1) : hen

2)

gallina de Guinea : guinea fowl

* * *

gallina n

1. (ave) hen

2. (cobarde) chicken / coward

jugar a la gallinita ciega to play blind man's buff

Spanish-English dictionary > gallina
89 hacer más sabroso

(v.) = pep up

Ex. The most boring meal can be pepped up with spicy and tangy herbs.

* * *

(v.) = pep up

Ex: The most boring meal can be pepped up with spicy and tangy herbs.

Spanish-English dictionary > hacer más sabroso
90 jardín trasero

m.

backyard, back garden.

* * *

(n.) = back-garden

Ex. I often think that observing the goings-on in a back-garden pond is more exciting than watching boring lions on an exotic holiday.

* * *

(n.) = back-garden

Ex: I often think that observing the goings-on in a back-garden pond is more exciting than watching boring lions on an exotic holiday.

Spanish-English dictionary > jardín trasero
91 llanta

f.

1 rim (automobiles).

2 tire. ( Latin American Spanish)

3 inner tube in tire.

* * *

llanta

► nombre femenino

1 wheel rim, rim

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

llantas de aleación alloy wheels

* * *

noun f.

1) tire

2) rim

* * *

SF

1) [de rueda] rim

llanta de oruga — caterpillar track

llantas de aleación — alloy wheels

2) esp LAm (=neumático) tyre, tire (EEUU)

llanta de refacción — Méx spare tyre, spare tire (EEUU)

3) Caribe (=anillo) large finger-ring

* * *

femenino

a) ( de metal) rim

b) (AmL) ( neumático) tire*

- llanta de repuesto or de refacción

* * *

= rim.

Ex. Wheel covers are are clipped on to an otherwise dull and boring steel wheel or rim to make them flashier and sportier.

* * *

femenino

a) ( de metal) rim

b) (AmL) ( neumático) tire*

- llanta de repuesto or de refacción

* * *

= rim.

Ex: Wheel covers are are clipped on to an otherwise dull and boring steel wheel or rim to make them flashier and sportier.

* * *

llanta

feminine

A

1 (de metal) rim

estar en llanta to have a flat tire, to have a flat ( colloq)

2 ( AmL) (neumático) tire*

Compuestos:

● llanta de refacción

( Méx) spare tire*

● llanta de repuesto

( AmL) spare tire*

B ( AmL fam) (rollo) spare tire* ( colloq)

* * *

llanta sustantivo femenino
a) ( de metal) rim

b) (AmL) ( neumático) tire^{( conjugate tire)};

llanta de repuesto or (Méx) de refacción spare tire^{( conjugate tire)}
llanta sustantivo femenino Auto (de una rueda) wheel rim
LAm (neumático) tyre, US tire
' llanta' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
picado
- picar
- ponchar
- refacción
- rin
English:
rim
- flat
- puncture
- retread
- spare
- tire

* * *

llanta nf

1. Aut [aro metálico] rim

2. Am Aut [cubierta] tyre;

Comp
RP
estar en llanta to have a flat tyre

Comp
Méx llanta de refacción spare wheel; Col llanta de repuesto spare wheel
3. Méx Fam [pliegue de grasa] spare tyre

* * *

llanta

f

1 wheel rim

2 C.Am., Méx ( neumático) tire, Br

tyre

3 Méx: flotador rubber ring

3

:

llantas pl Méx fam spare tire sg, Br spare tyre sg

* * *

llanta nf

1) neumático: tire

2) : rim

Spanish-English dictionary > llanta
92 mal escrito

adj.

misspelled.

* * *

= mistyped, ill-written, badly written

Ex. If a computer-stored controlled vocabulary is used, the assigned terms might be checked automatically and new or mistyped terms would be flagged (marked).

Ex. The librarian's responsibility is firstly to review all new publications, eliminating the badly produced and ill-written.

Ex. LIS articles are inter alia often repetitious, badly written, poorly presented, boring, unduly reverent and parochial.

* * *

= mistyped, ill-written, badly written

Ex: If a computer-stored controlled vocabulary is used, the assigned terms might be checked automatically and new or mistyped terms would be flagged (marked).

Ex: The librarian's responsibility is firstly to review all new publications, eliminating the badly produced and ill-written.

Ex: LIS articles are inter alia often repetitious, badly written, poorly presented, boring, unduly reverent and parochial.

Spanish-English dictionary > mal escrito
93 mal presentado

= poorly presented

Ex. LIS articles are inter alia often repetitious, badly written, poorly presented, boring, unduly reverent and parochial.

* * *

= poorly presented

Ex: LIS articles are inter alia often repetitious, badly written, poorly presented, boring, unduly reverent and parochial.

Spanish-English dictionary > mal presentado
94 mancillar

v.

1 to tarnish, to sully (Formal).

2 to dishonor, to stain, to besmirch, to dishonour.

* * *

mancillar

► verbo transitivo

1 coloquial to sully

■ mancilló el honor de la familia he sullied the family's reputation

* * *

VT to stain, sully liter

* * *

verbo transitivo (liter) to sully, besmirch (liter)

* * *

= besmirch, taint.

Ex. the gulag was an atrocious system of incarceration and forced labor that had little to do with correction, that poisoned society, and that besmirched Soviet communism.

Ex. This article shows how the dowdy and boring image of the stereotypical librarian as presented in fiction, taints the portrayal of all who work in libraries.

* * *

verbo transitivo (liter) to sully, besmirch (liter)

* * *

= besmirch, taint.

Ex: the gulag was an atrocious system of incarceration and forced labor that had little to do with correction, that poisoned society, and that besmirched Soviet communism.

Ex: This article shows how the dowdy and boring image of the stereotypical librarian as presented in fiction, taints the portrayal of all who work in libraries.

* * *

mancillar [A1 ]

vt

( liter); to sully, besmirch ( liter)

* * *

mancillar vt
Formal to tarnish, to sully
* * *

mancillar

v/t fig

sully

* * *

mancillar vt

: to sully, to besmirch

Spanish-English dictionary > mancillar
95 mandado

m.

errand, errand made for a fee.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: mandar.

* * *

mandado

► nombre masculino

1 (recado) errand

————————

mandado

► participio pasado

1→ link=mandar mandar

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 dogsbody, minion

■ a mí me da igual, yo sólo soy un mandado I don't mind, I'm just doing my job

► nombre masculino mandado

1 (recado) errand

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

hacer un mandado familiar to run an errand

* * *
mandado, -a
1. SM / F

1) pey (=subordinado) dogsbody *

yo aquí no soy más que un mandado — here I just obey instructions, I'm just a dogsbody * o a minion here

2) Méx * (=aprovechado) opportunist

no seas mandado — don't take advantage of the situation

2. SM

1) (=recado) errand

hacer un mandado — to do o run an errand

ir a (hacer) los mandados — to do the shopping

2) (=orden) order

3) Méx

el mandado — the shopping

ir al mandado — to do the shopping

* * *
I
- da adjetivo (Méx fam)

es muy mandado — he's a real chancer (colloq)

no seas mandada, sólo te ofrecí uno — don't be so greedy, I only offered you one (colloq)
II
- da masculino, femenino

1) (esp Esp) ( subordinado) minion (hum or pej)

no soy más que un mandado — I'm just following orders

2) mandado masculino

a) (esp AmL) ( compra)

hacer los mandados or (Méx) ir al mandado — to go shopping

b) (Méx) ( cosa comprada)

¿me trajiste el mandado? — did you get the shopping o the things I asked you for?

c) ( diligencia) errand

comerle el mandado a alguien — (Méx fam) to do the dirty on somebody (colloq)

comerse el mandado — (Méx fam) to have sex ( before marriage)

hacerle los mandados a alguien — (Méx fam)

a mí me hace los mandados — I don't give a damn (colloq)

* * *

= errand.

Ex. To many kids, errands are boring, tiring, and just a big drag.

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* hacer mandados = run + errands.

* * *
I
- da adjetivo (Méx fam)

es muy mandado — he's a real chancer (colloq)

no seas mandada, sólo te ofrecí uno — don't be so greedy, I only offered you one (colloq)
II
- da masculino, femenino

1) (esp Esp) ( subordinado) minion (hum or pej)

no soy más que un mandado — I'm just following orders

2) mandado masculino

a) (esp AmL) ( compra)

hacer los mandados or (Méx) ir al mandado — to go shopping

b) (Méx) ( cosa comprada)

¿me trajiste el mandado? — did you get the shopping o the things I asked you for?

c) ( diligencia) errand

comerle el mandado a alguien — (Méx fam) to do the dirty on somebody (colloq)

comerse el mandado — (Méx fam) to have sex ( before marriage)

hacerle los mandados a alguien — (Méx fam)

a mí me hace los mandados — I don't give a damn (colloq)

* * *

= errand.

Ex: To many kids, errands are boring, tiring, and just a big drag.

* hacer mandados = run + errands.

* * *

mandado¹ -da

adjective

( Méx fam): es muy mandado he's a real opportunist o ( BrE colloq) chancer

no seas mandada don't take advantage (of the situation)

ser (como) mandado a hacer para algo (CS fam): es como mandado a hacer para escabullirse cuando hay que trabajar he's a great one for bunking off when there's work to be done ( colloq)

es (como) mandada a hacer para trabajar she's a born worker ( colloq), she's made for hard work

mandado² -da

masculine, feminine

A ( esp Esp) (subordinado) minion ( humor pej)

no soy más que un mandado I'm just following orders

B mandado masculine

1

( esp AmL) (compra): hacer los mandados or ( Méx) ir al mandado to go shopping

2

( Méx) (cosa comprada): ¿me trajiste el mandado? did you get the shopping o the things I asked you for?

3 (diligencia) errand

salió a hacer un mandado he went out on an errand

comerle el mandado a algn ( Méx fam); to do the dirty on sb ( colloq)

comerse el mandado ( Méx fam); to have sex ( before marriage)

hacerle los mandados a algn ( Méx fam): a mí me hace los mandados I couldn't care less ( colloq), I don't give a damn ( colloq)

* * *

Del verbo mandar: ( conjugate mandar)

mandado es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
mandado
mandar
mandado 1
◊ -da adjetivo (Méx fam): es muy mandado he's a real opportunist;

no seas mandada, solo te ofrecí uno don't be so greedy, I only offered you one (colloq)
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (esp Esp) ( subordinado) minion (hum or pej);
no soy más que un mandado I'm just following orders
mandado 2 sustantivo masculino
a) (esp AmL) ( compra): hacer los mandados or (Méx) ir al mandado to do the shopping

b) (Méx) ( cosa comprada):

◊ ¿me trajiste el mandado? did you get the shopping o the things I asked you for?

c) ( diligencia) errand

mandar ( conjugate mandar) verbo transitivo
1
a) ( ordenar):

◊ a mí nadie me manda nobody tells me what to do, nobody orders me about;

haz lo que te mandan do as you're told;
la mandó callar he told o ordered her to be quiet;
mandó que sirvieran la comida she ordered lunch to be served
b) ( recetar) to prescribe;

◊ el médico le mandó descansar the doctor advised him to rest

2 ( enviar) to send;
◊ la mandé por el pan I sent her out to buy the bread

3 (AmL) ( tratándose de encargos):
◊ mis padres me mandadoon llamar my parents sent for me;

mandó decir que … she sent a message to say that …;
mandado algo a arreglar to get o have sth mended
4 (AmL fam) (arrojar, lanzar):
◊ mandó la pelota fuera de la cancha he kicked/sent/hit the ball out of play

verbo intransitivo ( ser el jefe) to be in charge, be the boss (colloq);
◊ ¿mande? (Méx) (I'm) sorry?, pardon?;

¡María! — ¿mande? (Méx) María! — yes?
mandar verbo transitivo
1 (dar órdenes) to order: me mandó barrer el suelo, she told me to sweep the floor
2 (remitir) to send: le mandaré unas flores, I'll send him some flowers
te manda saludos, she sends you her regards
mándalo por correo, send it by post
nos mandaron a por unos huevos, they sent us for some eggs
3 (capitanear, dirigir) to lead, be in charge o command of
Mil to command

' mandado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
hacer
English:
errand
- go
- shopping

* * *

mandado¹, -a adj

1. Méx Fam [aprovechado]
¡órale, no sea mandado, quieto con las manos! hey, stop trying it on, keep your hands to yourself!;

lo invité, y el muy mandado llegó con tres amigos I invited him but the wise guy o Br chancer arrived with three friends

2. Comp
CSur
ser (como) mandado a hacer para algo: este niño es (como) mandado a hacer para ser veterinario this boy was born to be a vet;

este lugar es (como) mandado a hacer para que vos vivas this place is just perfect for you

mandado², -a

♦ nm,f

1. [subordinado] underling;
Fam
yo sólo soy un mandado I'm only doing what I was told (to do)

2. Méx Fam [caradura] shameless person, swine

♦ nm

1. [recado] errand;

hacer un mandado to do o run an errand;

estuve toda la mañana haciendo mandados I spent the whole morning running errands

2. Méx [compra]
comprar el mandado to do the shopping;

Comp

comerle a alguien el mandado to do the dirty on sb, to steal a march on sb

* * *

mandado

I m

1 ( recado) errand

2 Méx, C.Am.

los mandados pl the shopping sg

II m, mandada f subordinate

II Méx fam

:

es muy mandado he’s always taking advantage!;

¡no sea mandado, quieto con las manos! you’re going too far, keep your hands to yourself!

* * *

mandado nm

1) : order, command

2) : errand

hacer los mandados: to run errands, to go shopping

Spanish-English dictionary > mandado
96 nada

adv.

1 at all.

la película no me ha gustado nada I didn't like the film at all

no es nada extraño it's not at all strange

la obra no es nada aburrida the play isn't the slightest bit boring

2 a little, a bit (poco).

no hace nada que salió he left just a minute ago

3 not at all, not a single thing, nothing, not a bit.

4 anything.

intj.

nothing at all.

pron.

1 nothing.

no pasó nada nothing happened

no he leído nada de Lorca I haven't read anything by Lorca

nada me gustaría más que poder ayudarte there's nothing I'd like more than to be able to help you

no hay nada como un buen libro there's nothing (quite) like a good book

nada más nothing else, nothing more

no quiero nada más I don't want anything else

no dijo nada de nada he didn't say anything at all

no es nada it's nothing serious

esto no es nada that's nothing

te he traído un regalito de nada I've brought you a little something

cuesta cinco millones, ¡ahí es nada! it costs five million, a real snip!

casi nada almost nothing

como si nada as if nothing was the matter, as if nothing had happened

de nada don't mention it, you're welcome (respuesta a 'gracias')

dentro de nada any second now

¡nada de eso! absolutely not!

No quiero nada I don't want any.

2 love (en tenis). (peninsular Spanish)

f.

1 nothing, bugger all.

2 little bit, trace, tiny bit, tiny little bit.

pres.indicat.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: nadar.

* * *

nada

► pronombre

1 nothing

■ no quiero nada I don't want anything

■ (no hay) nada como... there's nothing like...

■ no hace nada que lo vi por aquí I saw him round here just a minute ago

■ ¿te has hecho daño? --no, no ha sido nada did you hurt yourself? --no, I'm all right thank you

► adverbio

1 (not) at all

■ no me gusta nada I don't like it at all

■ no la veo nada cambiada she hasn't changed at all

► nombre femenino

1 nothingness

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FRASEOLOGÍA

antes de nada first of all

como si nada just like that

de nada (no hay de qué) don't mention it, think nothing of it, (US you're welcome) 2 (insignificante) insignificant

■ gracias, --de nada thanks, --don't mention it

■ es una tontería de nada it's nothing much

dentro de nada in a moment

nada de eso not at all, nothing of the kind

■ ¿se casa Maribel? --¡nada de eso! is Maribel getting married? --absolutely not!, no way!

■ no quiero llantos ni nada de eso I don't want any crying or anything of that sort

nada más... as soon as..., no sooner...

■ nada más verlo quiso comprarlo as soon as he saw it he wanted to buy it

■ nada más llegar se puso a llover no sooner had we arrived than it started to rain

nada menos que no less than

■ está aquí nada menos que el presidente the president himself is here no less

por nada for no reason at all

por nada del mundo (not) for anything in the world

¡y nada de...! and don't...!

■ ¡y nada de bañarse en el río! and don't go bathing in the river!

* * *
1. noun f.
1) nothingness

2) naught
2. adv.
not at all

- casi nada
- de nada 3. pron.
nothing, anything

* * *

1. PRON

1) (=ninguna cosa) [con el verbo inglés en forma afirmativa] nothing; [con el verbo inglés en forma negativa] anything

no dijo nada en toda la tarde — he said nothing all afternoon, he didn't say anything all afternoon

no encontrarás nada que te guste — you won't find anything you like

no hay nada como un café después de comer — there's nothing like a coffee after your meal, nothing beats a coffee after your meal

-¿qué has comprado? -nada — "what have you bought?" - "nothing"

no entiende nada — he doesn't understand a thing o anything

• nada de, no sabe nada de español — he knows no Spanish at all, he doesn't know any Spanish at all

no tiene nada de particular — there's nothing special about it

-¿qué te cuentas? -nada de particular — "what's new?" - "nothing much" o "not a lot"

no creo que nada de eso te convenga — I don't think that's what you want at all

¡nada de eso! — not a bit of it!

¡nada de marcharse! — forget about leaving!

nada de nada — absolutely nothing, nothing at all

- ¡de eso nada, monada!

- esto y nada, es lo mismo
ahí
2) [en locuciones]

a) [con verbo]

• estuvo en nada que lo perdiesen — they very nearly lost it

• no me falta de nada — I've got everything I need

a la cocina no le falta de nada — the kitchen has everything

• hace nada — just a moment ago

• no se parecen en nada — they're not at all alike

• quedar(se) en nada — to come to nothing

• no reparar en nada — to stop at nothing

• no servir para nada — to be utterly useless

no sirves para nada — you're utterly useless

no sirve de nada que os quejéis — there's no point in you complaining

• no ha sido nada — it's nothing, it doesn't matter

b) [con preposición, adverbio]

• antes de nada, antes de nada tengo que telefonear — before I do anything else I must make a phone call

se fue antes de nada — she left almost at once

• a cada nada — LAm * constantly

• casi nada, no costó casi nada — it cost next to nothing

¡había unas cien mil personas! ¡casi nada! — there were no fewer than a hundred thousand people there!

• como si nada, se lo advertí, pero como si nada — I warned him but it was as if I hadn't spoken

le dijo que estaba despedido y se quedó como si nada — she told him he was fired and he didn't even bat an eyelid

• de nada, -¡gracias! -de nada — "thanks!" - "don't mention it" o "you're welcome"

fue una mentira de nada — it was only a little lie

¡tanto revuelo por un premio de nada! — all that fuss over such a silly little prize!

• dentro de nada — very soon

• nada más, -¿desea algo más? -nada más, gracias — "can I get you anything else?" - "no, that's all thank you"

no dijo nada más — he didn't say anything else, he said nothing else

son las siete nada más — it's only seven o'clock

quiero uno nada más — I only want one

encendió la tele nada más llegar — he turned on the TV as soon as he got in

ocurrió nada más iniciado el partido — it happened just after the beginning of the game

estas flores aparecen nada más terminado el invierno — these flowers come out just after the winter o as soon as the winter is over

nada más que estoy muy cansado — And, Méx it's just that I'm very tired

• (nada más y) nada menos que... — (no more and) no less than...

han ganado nada menos que un coche — they've won a car, no less

entró nada menos que el rey — who should come in but the king!

• ni nada — or anything

es raro que no haya llamado ni nada — it's odd that she hasn't called or anything

no quiere comer ni nada — he won't even eat

pues no es feo ni nada — iró he's not ugly... much!

• para nada — at all

no los mencionó para nada — he never mentioned them at all

-¿te gusta? -para nada — "do you like it?" - "not at all"

• por nada, por nada se echa a llorar — she's always crying over nothing o for no reason at all

no me subiría a un avión por nada del mundo — I wouldn't get on a plane for anything in the world

no por nada le llaman "apestoso" — he's not called "smelly" for nothing

no por nada decidimos comprar — we had good reason to buy

por nada y menos puedes hacerte un vestido — you can make your own dress for next to nothing

¡por nada! — Cono Sur not at all!, don't mention it!

por menos de nada — for two pins

3) [como coletilla]

pues nada, me voy — well, I'm off then

-¿qué pasó? -pues nada, que estuve esperando y no llegó — "what happened?" - "well, I was there waiting and he didn't arrive"

y nada, al final nos fuimos — anyway, in the end we left

4) (Tenis) love

treinta-nada — thirty-love

2.

ADV not at all, by no means

no es nada fácil — it's not at all easy, it's by no means easy

esto no me gusta nada — I don't like this at all

no está nada triste — he isn't sad at all

pues no eres tú nada ambicioso — iró well you're not very ambitious, are you?... much!

3.

SF

la nada — the void

el avión pareció salir de la nada — the aircraft seemed to come from nowhere

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I
pronombre

1)

a) nothing

es mejor que nada — it's better than nothing

de nada sirve que le compres libros — there's no point in buying him books

antes que or de nada — first of all

no hay nada como... — there's nothing like...

no quiere nada — he doesn't want anything

no sirves para nada! — you're useless

no se hizo nada — he wasn't hurt

perdón! - no fue nada — sorry! - that's all right

no es por nada pero... — don't take this the wrong way but...

sin decir nada — without a word

nadie me dio nada — nobody gave me anything

sin nada de azúcar — without any sugar at all

no tiene nada de gracia — it's not at all funny

b) (en locs)

de nada — you're welcome

nada de nada — (fam) not a thing

nada más: no hay nada más there's nothing else; ¿algo más? - nada más anything else? - no, that's it o that's all; nada más fui yo (Méx) I was the only one who went; salí nada más comer I went out right o straight after lunch; sacó (nada más ni) nada menos que el primer puesto she came first no less; nada más que: no se lo dije nada más que a él he's the only one I told; para nada: no me gustó para nada I didn't like it at all; como si nada (fam): me lo dijo como si nada! she told me as if it was nothing; se quedó como si nada she didn't even bat an eyelid; no hay nada que hacerle — (fam) that's all there is to it

2)

a) ( ninguna cosa)

antes de que digas nada — before you say anything

b) ( muy poco)

con or de nada se rompe — it breaks just like that

en nada de tiempo — in no time at all

la compraron por nada — they bought it for next to nothing

llora por nada — she cries at the slightest little thing

dentro de nada — very soon

estar en nada: estuvo en nada que perdiéramos el tren — we very nearly missed the train

c) (fam) ( uso expletivo)

y nada, que al final no lo compró — anyway, in the end she didn't buy it

pues nada, ya veremos qué pasa — well o anyway, we'll see what happens

3) (Esp) ( en tenis) love

quince-nada — fifteen-love
II
adverbio

no está nada preocupado — he isn't at all o the least bit worried

esto no me gusta nada — I don't like this at all o (colloq) one bit
III
femenino

1) (Fil)

la nada — nothing

se creó de la nada — it was created from nothing o from the void

surgió de la nada — it came out of nowhere

2) (Méx, RPl fam) ( pequeña cantidad)

una nada de sal — a tiny pinch of salt

una nada de agua — a tiny drop of water

* * *

= anything, nothing, nil, zero + Nombre, naught, nothingness, nowt, zilch.

Ex. As an inveterate user of the British Museum Library he was able to confirm that 'a library is not worth anything without a catalogue'.

Ex. Nothing happens until the ENTER key is pressed.

Ex. While our vision of our readers is hazy and our interests in them nil, then criticism must be either trivial or irrelevant.

Ex. In recent years special libraries have been faced with a number of important factors, including reduced purchase budgets, zero increases in staffing, and the opportunities offered by automation.

Ex. Was everything she learned for naught? She felt extinguished.

Ex. The emptiness and nothingness associated with writer's block is often described as a kind of death, a place where there is nothing to decide, nothing about which to express an opinion.

Ex. There's a real danger of flying off on a tangent while writing about this as it for once is purely about politics and there's ' nowt' as controversial as that.

Ex. Before you lend cash to Tom, Dick and Harry, be sure you know what you're doing or else your friendship will be worth zilch.

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* a cambio de nada = for nothing.

* a nadie le importa nada = nobody + gives a damn.

* antes de nada = before long, before + Pronombre + know what + happen, before + Pronombre + know it.

* antes que nada = first of all, before anything else, first off, above all things.

* a propósito de nada = for no specific reason, for no particular reason.

* caer en la nada = fall into + the void, fall into + (empty) space.

* casi nada = next to nothing.

* como si nada = be right as rain, unfazed.

* contar para nada = count + for nothing.

* decir la verdad, toda la verdad y nada más que la verdad = to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.

* de la nada = from nowhere, out of nowhere.

* del año de la nada = from the year dot.

* en apenas nada = in no time at all, in next to no time, in no time.

* en casi nada = in no time at all, in next to no time.

* en nada de tiempo = at a moment's notice, in next to no time, in no time at all, in no time.

* esperar sin nada que hacer = kick + Posesivo + heels.

* estar con amigos en la calle pasando el rato sin hacer nada = hang out + on the street.

* estar sin hacer nada = sit + idle, stand + idle.

* hablar sin decir nada = waffle.

* hacer como si nada = play it + cool.

* más que nada = more than anything else.

* nada bonito = unlovely.

* nada claro = unclear, uncleared.

* nada convencido = unimpressed.

* nada convencional = unorthodox.

* ¡nada de eso! = no dice!.

* nada de importancia = nothing in particular.

* nada de nada = zilch.

* nada desdeñable = not inconsiderable.

* nada despreciable = not inconsiderable.

* nada en absoluto = not at all, nothing whatsoever.

* nada en la vida es gratuito = you cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs.

* nada envidiable = unenviable.

* nada es gratis = nothing comes without a cost.

* nada es gratis en la viña del Señor = there is no such thing as a free lunch, there is no such thing as a free ride.

* nada es mejor que = nothing beats....

* nada + estar + más apartado de la realidad = nothing + can + be further from the truth.

* nada + estar + más apartado de la verdad = nothing + can + be further from the truth.

* nada + estar + más lejos de la verdad = nothing + can + be further from the truth, nothing + can + be further from the truth.

* nada extraordinario = unremarkable.

* nada impresionado = unimpressed.

* nada instintivo = counter-intuitive [counterintuitive].

* nada intuitivo = counter-intuitive [counterintuitive].

* nada lógico = counter-intuitive [counterintuitive].

* nada más = anything else, nothing else.

* nada más y nada menos = as much as + Expresión Numérica.

* nada más y nada menos que = in the order of + Cantidad, nothing less than.

* nada más y nada menos que de/por + Cantidad = to the tune of + Cantidad.

* nada más y nada menos que desde + Expresión Temporal = from as far back as + Expresión Temporal.

* nada más y nada menos que + Número = as many as + Número.

* nada materialista = unworldly.

* nada menos que + Nombre + tan + Adjetivo + como = no less + Adjetivo + Nombre + than.

* nada puede estar más alejado de la realidad = nothing can be further from the truth.

* nada puede estar más apartado de la realidad = nothing can be further from the truth.

* nada sabe mejor que sentirse delgado = nothing tastes as good as thin feels.

* nada se acaba hasta que no se acaba = nothing is done until it's done.

* nada sorprendente = unsurprising.

* nada supera a = nothing beats....

* no andar en nada bueno = be up to no good, get up to + no good.

* no conducir a nada = be exercises in + futility.

* no conocer a Alguien de nada = not know + Pronombre + from Adam.

* no conocer a Alguien para nada = not know + Pronombre + from Adam.

* no conseguir nada = achieve + nothing.

* no deber nada = pay + Posesivo + dues.

* no decir nada = keep + quiet.

* no decir nada a nadie = lips + seal.

* no encontrar nada + Adjetivo = find far from + Adjetivo.

* no estar nada + Adjetivo = be anything but + Adjetivo.

* no + haber + nada como = there + be + nothing like.

* no haber nada de verdad en = there + be + any/no truth to.

* no + haber + nada malo en = there + be + nothing wrong in/with.

* no hacer nada = vegetate, veg out.

* no hacer nada al respecto = leave + unchecked.

* no hacer nada de particular = do + nothing in particular.

* no hay nada como = nothing beats....

* no hay nada imposible = all bets are off.

* no hay nada mejor que = nothing beats....

* no hay nada oculto = what you see is what you get.

* no importar nada = not give a shit, not give a fuck.

* no parecerse en nada a = be nothing like.

* no perderse nada = be no great loss.

* no querer saber más nada de = drop + Nombre + like a hot potato, drop + Nombre + like a hot brick.

* no querer saber nada de = want + nothing to do with.

* no querer tener nada que ver con = want + nothing to do with.

* no revelar nada a nadie = lips + seal.

* no ser nada = add up to + nothing.

* no ser nada fácil = be hard-pushed to.

* no servir de nada = be of no avail, be to no avail.

* no servir de nada que + Subjuntivo = no use + Ving.

* no servir para nada = be good for nothing, pissing into the wind, be of no avail, be to no avail, all + be for + naught.

* no significar nada = add up to + nothing.

* no suponer nada = add up to + nothing.

* no tener nada en contra de Algo = have + nothing against, have + no quarrel about + Nombre.

* no tener nada que perder = have + nothing to lose.

* no tener nada que ver con = be irrelevant to.

* no tener tiempo de nada = have + not a moment to spare.

* o nada en absoluto = if at all.

* para nada = in vain, to no avail, without any avail, vainly, of no avail.

* para que no falte de nada = for good measure.

* persona que nunca se deshace de anda = hoarder, packrat, magpie.

* por nada = for nothing.

* por nada del mundo = for the life of me.

* por nada o casi nada = at little or no extra cost.

* por no decir nada de = to say nothing of.

* por poco o nada = at little or no extra cost.

* por probar nada se pierde = nothing ventured, nothing gained.

* primero que nada = first off.

* que no conduce a nada = circuitous.

* quien nada arriesga nada gana = nothing ventured, nothing gained.

* reducir a la nada = reduce to + nil.

* saber un poco de todo y mucho de nada = jack of all trades, master of none.

* sentarse sin hacer nada = sit + idle.

* ser nada más y nada menos que = be nothing less than.

* servir de poco o nada = be of little or no avail.

* servir para nada = count + for nothing.

* sin decir nada = dumbly.

* sin dejar nada fuera = the works!.

* sin nada de gracia = unfunny.

* sin nada que destacar = uneventful.

* sin poder hacer nada = helplessly.

* trabajar a cambio de nada = work for + nothing.

* una cosa no + tener + nada que ver con la otra = one thing + have + nothing to do with the other.

* y antes de nada = the next thing + Pronombre + know.

* * *
I
pronombre

1)

a) nothing

es mejor que nada — it's better than nothing

de nada sirve que le compres libros — there's no point in buying him books

antes que or de nada — first of all

no hay nada como... — there's nothing like...

no quiere nada — he doesn't want anything

no sirves para nada! — you're useless

no se hizo nada — he wasn't hurt

perdón! - no fue nada — sorry! - that's all right

no es por nada pero... — don't take this the wrong way but...

sin decir nada — without a word

nadie me dio nada — nobody gave me anything

sin nada de azúcar — without any sugar at all

no tiene nada de gracia — it's not at all funny

b) (en locs)

de nada — you're welcome

nada de nada — (fam) not a thing

nada más: no hay nada más there's nothing else; ¿algo más? - nada más anything else? - no, that's it o that's all; nada más fui yo (Méx) I was the only one who went; salí nada más comer I went out right o straight after lunch; sacó (nada más ni) nada menos que el primer puesto she came first no less; nada más que: no se lo dije nada más que a él he's the only one I told; para nada: no me gustó para nada I didn't like it at all; como si nada (fam): me lo dijo como si nada! she told me as if it was nothing; se quedó como si nada she didn't even bat an eyelid; no hay nada que hacerle — (fam) that's all there is to it

2)

a) ( ninguna cosa)

antes de que digas nada — before you say anything

b) ( muy poco)

con or de nada se rompe — it breaks just like that

en nada de tiempo — in no time at all

la compraron por nada — they bought it for next to nothing

llora por nada — she cries at the slightest little thing

dentro de nada — very soon

estar en nada: estuvo en nada que perdiéramos el tren — we very nearly missed the train

c) (fam) ( uso expletivo)

y nada, que al final no lo compró — anyway, in the end she didn't buy it

pues nada, ya veremos qué pasa — well o anyway, we'll see what happens

3) (Esp) ( en tenis) love

quince-nada — fifteen-love
II
adverbio

no está nada preocupado — he isn't at all o the least bit worried

esto no me gusta nada — I don't like this at all o (colloq) one bit
III
femenino

1) (Fil)

la nada — nothing

se creó de la nada — it was created from nothing o from the void

surgió de la nada — it came out of nowhere

2) (Méx, RPl fam) ( pequeña cantidad)

una nada de sal — a tiny pinch of salt

una nada de agua — a tiny drop of water

* * *

= anything, nothing, nil, zero + Nombre, naught, nothingness, nowt, zilch.

Ex: As an inveterate user of the British Museum Library he was able to confirm that 'a library is not worth anything without a catalogue'.

Ex: Nothing happens until the ENTER key is pressed.

Ex: While our vision of our readers is hazy and our interests in them nil, then criticism must be either trivial or irrelevant.

Ex: In recent years special libraries have been faced with a number of important factors, including reduced purchase budgets, zero increases in staffing, and the opportunities offered by automation.

Ex: Was everything she learned for naught? She felt extinguished.

Ex: The emptiness and nothingness associated with writer's block is often described as a kind of death, a place where there is nothing to decide, nothing about which to express an opinion.

Ex: There's a real danger of flying off on a tangent while writing about this as it for once is purely about politics and there's ' nowt' as controversial as that.

Ex: Before you lend cash to Tom, Dick and Harry, be sure you know what you're doing or else your friendship will be worth zilch.

* a cambio de nada = for nothing.

* a nadie le importa nada = nobody + gives a damn.

* antes de nada = before long, before + Pronombre + know what + happen, before + Pronombre + know it.

* antes que nada = first of all, before anything else, first off, above all things.

* a propósito de nada = for no specific reason, for no particular reason.

* caer en la nada = fall into + the void, fall into + (empty) space.

* casi nada = next to nothing.

* como si nada = be right as rain, unfazed.

* contar para nada = count + for nothing.

* decir la verdad, toda la verdad y nada más que la verdad = to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.

* de la nada = from nowhere, out of nowhere.

* del año de la nada = from the year dot.

* en apenas nada = in no time at all, in next to no time, in no time.

* en casi nada = in no time at all, in next to no time.

* en nada de tiempo = at a moment's notice, in next to no time, in no time at all, in no time.

* esperar sin nada que hacer = kick + Posesivo + heels.

* estar con amigos en la calle pasando el rato sin hacer nada = hang out + on the street.

* estar sin hacer nada = sit + idle, stand + idle.

* hablar sin decir nada = waffle.

* hacer como si nada = play it + cool.

* más que nada = more than anything else.

* nada bonito = unlovely.

* nada claro = unclear, uncleared.

* nada convencido = unimpressed.

* nada convencional = unorthodox.

* ¡nada de eso! = no dice!.

* nada de importancia = nothing in particular.

* nada de nada = zilch.

* nada desdeñable = not inconsiderable.

* nada despreciable = not inconsiderable.

* nada en absoluto = not at all, nothing whatsoever.

* nada en la vida es gratuito = you cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs.

* nada envidiable = unenviable.

* nada es gratis = nothing comes without a cost.

* nada es gratis en la viña del Señor = there is no such thing as a free lunch, there is no such thing as a free ride.

* nada es mejor que = nothing beats....

* nada + estar + más apartado de la realidad = nothing + can + be further from the truth.

* nada + estar + más apartado de la verdad = nothing + can + be further from the truth.

* nada + estar + más lejos de la verdad = nothing + can + be further from the truth, nothing + can + be further from the truth.

* nada extraordinario = unremarkable.

* nada impresionado = unimpressed.

* nada instintivo = counter-intuitive [counterintuitive].

* nada intuitivo = counter-intuitive [counterintuitive].

* nada lógico = counter-intuitive [counterintuitive].

* nada más = anything else, nothing else.

* nada más y nada menos = as much as + Expresión Numérica.

* nada más y nada menos que = in the order of + Cantidad, nothing less than.

* nada más y nada menos que de/por + Cantidad = to the tune of + Cantidad.

* nada más y nada menos que desde + Expresión Temporal = from as far back as + Expresión Temporal.

* nada más y nada menos que + Número = as many as + Número.

* nada materialista = unworldly.

* nada menos que + Nombre + tan + Adjetivo + como = no less + Adjetivo + Nombre + than.

* nada puede estar más alejado de la realidad = nothing can be further from the truth.

* nada puede estar más apartado de la realidad = nothing can be further from the truth.

* nada sabe mejor que sentirse delgado = nothing tastes as good as thin feels.

* nada se acaba hasta que no se acaba = nothing is done until it's done.

* nada sorprendente = unsurprising.

* nada supera a = nothing beats....

* no andar en nada bueno = be up to no good, get up to + no good.

* no conducir a nada = be exercises in + futility.

* no conocer a Alguien de nada = not know + Pronombre + from Adam.

* no conocer a Alguien para nada = not know + Pronombre + from Adam.

* no conseguir nada = achieve + nothing.

* no deber nada = pay + Posesivo + dues.

* no decir nada = keep + quiet.

* no decir nada a nadie = lips + seal.

* no encontrar nada + Adjetivo = find far from + Adjetivo.

* no estar nada + Adjetivo = be anything but + Adjetivo.

* no + haber + nada como = there + be + nothing like.

* no haber nada de verdad en = there + be + any/no truth to.

* no + haber + nada malo en = there + be + nothing wrong in/with.

* no hacer nada = vegetate, veg out.

* no hacer nada al respecto = leave + unchecked.

* no hacer nada de particular = do + nothing in particular.

* no hay nada como = nothing beats....

* no hay nada imposible = all bets are off.

* no hay nada mejor que = nothing beats....

* no hay nada oculto = what you see is what you get.

* no importar nada = not give a shit, not give a fuck.

* no parecerse en nada a = be nothing like.

* no perderse nada = be no great loss.

* no querer saber más nada de = drop + Nombre + like a hot potato, drop + Nombre + like a hot brick.

* no querer saber nada de = want + nothing to do with.

* no querer tener nada que ver con = want + nothing to do with.

* no revelar nada a nadie = lips + seal.

* no ser nada = add up to + nothing.

* no ser nada fácil = be hard-pushed to.

* no servir de nada = be of no avail, be to no avail.

* no servir de nada que + Subjuntivo = no use + Ving.

* no servir para nada = be good for nothing, pissing into the wind, be of no avail, be to no avail, all + be for + naught.

* no significar nada = add up to + nothing.

* no suponer nada = add up to + nothing.

* no tener nada en contra de Algo = have + nothing against, have + no quarrel about + Nombre.

* no tener nada que perder = have + nothing to lose.

* no tener nada que ver con = be irrelevant to.

* no tener tiempo de nada = have + not a moment to spare.

* o nada en absoluto = if at all.

* para nada = in vain, to no avail, without any avail, vainly, of no avail.

* para que no falte de nada = for good measure.

* persona que nunca se deshace de anda = hoarder, packrat, magpie.

* por nada = for nothing.

* por nada del mundo = for the life of me.

* por nada o casi nada = at little or no extra cost.

* por no decir nada de = to say nothing of.

* por poco o nada = at little or no extra cost.

* por probar nada se pierde = nothing ventured, nothing gained.

* primero que nada = first off.

* que no conduce a nada = circuitous.

* quien nada arriesga nada gana = nothing ventured, nothing gained.

* reducir a la nada = reduce to + nil.

* saber un poco de todo y mucho de nada = jack of all trades, master of none.

* sentarse sin hacer nada = sit + idle.

* ser nada más y nada menos que = be nothing less than.

* servir de poco o nada = be of little or no avail.

* servir para nada = count + for nothing.

* sin decir nada = dumbly.

* sin dejar nada fuera = the works!.

* sin nada de gracia = unfunny.

* sin nada que destacar = uneventful.

* sin poder hacer nada = helplessly.

* trabajar a cambio de nada = work for + nothing.

* una cosa no + tener + nada que ver con la otra = one thing + have + nothing to do with the other.

* y antes de nada = the next thing + Pronombre + know.

* * *

nada¹

pronoun

A

1 nothing

es mejor que nada it's better than nothing

de nada sirve que le compres libros si no los lee there's no point in buying him books if he doesn't read them

antes que or de nada first of all

nada te faltará or no te faltará nada you won't want for anything

no hay nada como un buen baño caliente there's nothing like a nice hot bath

hace dos días que no come nada he hasn't eaten a thing o anything for two days

¡no sirves para nada! you're useless

no se hizo nada he wasn't hurt

no sé por qué llora, yo no le hice nada I don't know why he's crying, I didn't touch him

¿te has hecho daño? — no, no ha sido nada did you hurt yourself? — no, it's nothing

¡perdón! — no fue nada sorry! — that's all right

no es por nada pero … don't take this the wrong way but …

se fue sin decir nada she left without a word

nadie me dio nada nobody gave me anything

nada DE algo:

no necesita nada de azúcar it doesn't need any sugar at all

eso no tiene nada de gracia that's not in the least bit o not at all funny

¡nada de juegos or jugar ahora! you're not playing o I don't want any games now!

2 ( en locs):

de nada you're welcome, it's a pleasure, don't mention it ( frml)

nada de nada ( fam); not a thing

nada más: no hay nada más there's nothing else

¿algo más? — nada más anything else? — no, that's it o that's all o that's the lot

no se pudo hacer nada más or más nada por él nothing more could be done for him

nada más fui yo ( Méx); I was the only one who went

no nada más yo lo critico ( Méx); I'm not the only one to criticize him

salí nada más comer I went out right o straight after lunch

sacó (nada más ni) nada menos que el primer puesto she came first no less

nada más llegar subió a verla as soon as he arrived he went up to see her

nada más que: la verdad, toda la verdad y nada más que la verdad the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth

no se lo dije nada más que a él he's the only one I told, I didn't tell anyone except him o but him

nada que … ( Andes fam): ya son las diez y nada que vienen it's already ten o'clock and there's still no sign of them

ni nada ( fam): no me avisó ni nada ( fam); he didn't tell me or anything, he didn't even tell me

no es ambicioso ni nada ( iró); he's not at all ambitious or anything like that! ( iro)

para nada not … at all

ese tema no se tocó para nada that topic didn't come up at all

no me gustó para nada I didn't like it at all o one little bit

ahí es nada ( fam iró): hicieron un par de millones, ahí es nada they made a couple of million … peanuts o chickenfeed! ( colloq iro)

como si nada ( fam): ¡me lo dice como si nada! she tells me as casual as you like, and she tells me as if it was nothing

se quedó como si nada she didn't even bat an eyelid

se lo dije mil veces, pero como si nada I told her over and over again, but it didn't do the slightest bit of good

no estás/está en nada ( Ven arg); you're/he's so uncool ( colloq), you don't/he doesn't have a clue ( colloq)

no hay nada que hacerle ( fam); that's all there is to it, there are no two ways about it

B

1

(algo): ¿has visto alguna vez nada igual? have you ever seen the like of it o the likes of it o anything like it?

antes de que digas nada before you say anything

2

(muy poco): con or de nada se rompe it breaks just like that

fue un golpe de nada it was only a little bump

en nada de tiempo in no time at all

compraron la casa por nada they bought the house for next to nothing

dentro de nada very soon, in no time at all

estar en nada: estuvo en nada que perdiéramos el tren we very nearly missed the train

no nos vieron, pero estuvo en nada they didn't see us, but it was a close call o shave

3 ( fam)

(uso expletivo): y nada, que al final no lo compró anyway, in the end she didn't buy it

pues nada, ya veremos qué pasa well o anyway, we'll see what happens

C ( Esp) (en tenis) love

quince-nada fifteen-love

nada²

adverb

[ Grammar notes (Spanish) ]

no está nada preocupado he isn't at all o the least bit worried

anoche no dormí nada I didn't sleep a wink o at all last night

no me gusta nada lo que has hecho I don't like what you've done one bit

no es nada engreído el chico ( iró); he sure is vain!, he isn't half conceited! ( BrE)

nada³

feminine

A ( Fil):

la nada nothing

el universo se creó de la nada the universe was created from nothing o from the void

surgió de la nada it came out of nowhere

B

(Méx, RPl fam) (pequeña cantidad): ¿le diste vino al bebé? — sólo una nada did you give the baby wine? — only a tiny drop

le puse una nada de sal I added a tiny pinch of salt

ganó por una nada he won by a whisker

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Del verbo nadar: ( conjugate nadar)

nada es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo

2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
nada
nadar
nada pronombre
1
a) nothing;

◊ es mejor que nada it's better than nothing;

de nada sirve que le compres libros there's no point in buying him books;
antes que or de nada first of all;
no quiere nada he doesn't want anything;
¡no sirves para nada! you're useless;
sin decir nada without a word
b) ( en locs)

◊ de nada you're welcome;

nada de nada (fam) not a thing;
nada más: no hay nada más there's nothing else;
¿algo más? — nada más anything else? — no, that's it o that's all;
nada más fui yo (Méx) I was the only one who went;
salí nada más comer I went out right o straight after lunch;
sacó (nada más ni) nada menos que el primer puesto she came first no less;
para nada: no me gustó para nada I didn't like it at all;
por nada: la compraron por nada they bought it for next to nothing;
discuten por nada they argue over nothing;
llora por nada she cries at the slightest little thing
2 (Esp) ( en tenis) love;
◊ quince-nada fifteen-love

■ adverbio:
◊ no está nada preocupado he isn't at all o the least bit worried;

esto no me gusta nada I don't like this at all o (colloq) one bit
nadar ( conjugate nadar) verbo intransitivo
a) [persona/pez] to swim;

◊ ¿sabes nada? can you swim?;

nada (estilo) mariposa/pecho to do (the) butterfly/breaststroke;
nada de espalda or (Méx) de dorso to do (the) back stroke
b) [ramas/hojas] ( flotar) to float

c)

◊ nadar en ( tener mucho): nada en dinero to be rolling in money (colloq);

el pollo nadaba en grasa the chicken was swimming in grease
verbo transitivo
to swim
nada
I pron
1 (ninguna cosa) nothing: ¿qué te cuentas?, - nada nuevo, how it's going?, - nothing new
(con otro negativo) nothing, not... anything: no hay nada más importante, there is nothing more important
no tocamos nada, we didn't touch anything
no lo cambiaría por nada del mundo, I wouldn't change it for anything on earth
2 (en preguntas) anything: ¿no tienes nada que decir?, don't you have anything to say?
3 (muy poco) con la niebla no veíamos nada, we couldn't see a thing in the fog
no fue nada, (herida, golpe) I wasn't hurt
(respuesta a una disculpa) it's all right
4 (en ciertas construcciones) anything
más que nada, more than anything: me importa más que nada, it means more than anything else to me
sin decir nada, without saying anything/a word
II adverbio not at all: no nos aburrimos nada, we weren't bored at all
no escribe nada mal, he doesn't write at all badly
III sustantivo femenino nothingness
♦ Locuciones: casi nada, almost nothing
gracias, - de nada, thanks, - don't mention it
más que nada: te lo digo más que nada para que no vayas a meter la pata, more than anything else I'm telling you so you don't put your foot in it
nada más: nada más oírlo, as soon as she heard it
familiar para nada, not at all
nadar verbo intransitivo
1 Dep to swim: no sé nadar, I can't swim
2 (un objeto) to float
3 (tener en abundancia) nada en libros, she has a lot of books
' nada' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
absolutamente
- adelantar
- adorno
- amilanarse
- amohinarse
- balde
- bastante
- bregar
- cabo
- callar
- calmarse
- cero
- ciega
- ciego
- clara
- claro
- comecome
- como
- comparecencia
- concreta
- concreto
- conducir
- contra
- dar
- débil
- decir
- derecha
- desocupada
- desocupado
- doblar
- doblarse
- doble
- ecuánime
- embalarse
- envidiar
- escaramuza
- escarceo
- faltar
- frescura
- ir
- gusto
- hablar
- incumbir
- interés
- interlunio
- jota
- jueves
- maldita
- maldito
- más
English:
all
- all right
- amusing
- antsy
- anything
- associate
- avail
- blank
- board
- breathe
- burn
- clash
- clear
- click
- come into
- contrary
- cop
- damn
- dark
- dark horse
- dead
- depth
- dim
- dishwater
- disorderly
- drone
- dwindle
- earth
- earthly
- easy
- enforce
- ever
- excuse
- first
- flair
- further
- go on
- go without
- going
- good
- hand
- hang about
- hang around
- hardly
- harm
- have
- head
- home
- hot
- ill-considered

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nada

♦ pron

1. [ninguna cosa o cantidad] nothing;
[en negativas] anything;
no he leído nada de Lorca I haven't read anything by Lorca;

no pasó nada nothing happened;

a él nada parece satisfacerle he never seems to be satisfied with anything;

de nada vale insistir there's no point in insisting;

nada me gustaría más que poder ayudarte there's nothing I'd like more than to be able to help you;

no hay nada como un buen libro there's nothing (quite) like a good book;

tranquilos, no es nada don't worry, it's nothing serious;

casi nada almost nothing;

de nada, Am [m5] por nada [respuesta a “gracias”] you're welcome, don't mention it;

esto no es nada that's nothing;

no queda nada de café there's no coffee left;

no tengo nada de ganas de ir I don't feel like going at all;

no dijo nada de nada he didn't say anything at all;

no me ha gustado nada de nada I didn't like it at all o one little bit;

nada de quejas, ¿de acuerdo? no complaining, right?, I don't want any complaints, right?;

nada más nothing else, nothing more;

¿desean algo más? – nada más, gracias do you want anything else? – no, that's everything o all, thank you;

no quiero nada más I don't want anything else;

me dio de plazo dos días nada más she only gave me two days to do it;

me ha costado nada más que 20 dólares it only cost me 20 dollars;

¡tanto esfuerzo para nada! all that effort for nothing!

2. [poco, muy poco]
yo apenas sé nada de ese tema I hardly know anything about that subject;

es muy frágil y con nada se parte it's very fragile and is easily broken;

dentro de nada any second now;

lo he visto salir hace nada I saw him leave just a moment ago o just this minute;

no hace nada que salió he left just a moment ago o just this minute;

por nada se enfada she gets angry at the slightest thing, it doesn't take much for her to get angry;
CAm, Col, Ven Fam
a cada nada every five minutes, constantly;
Méx
en nada estuvo que se casara he very nearly got married

3. Esp [en tenis] love;

treinta nada thirty love

4. [expresando negación]
¡nada de eso! absolutely not!;

no pienso ir, ni llamar, ni nada I won't go, or call, or anything;

no tenemos ni coche, ni moto, ni nada que se le parezca we don't have a car or a motorbike, or anything of that sort

5. Comp

¡ahí es nada!, ¡casi nada!: cuesta cinco millones, ¡ahí es nada! o [m5]¡casi nada! it costs a cool five million!;

como si nada as if nothing was the matter, as if nothing had happened;

(nada más y) nada menos que [cosa] no less than;
[persona] none other than; Fam
ni nada: ¡no es alta ni nada la chica! she's tall all right!, you could say she's tall!;

no es por nada: no es por nada pero creo que estás equivocado don't take this the wrong way, but I think you're mistaken;

no es por nada pero llevas la bragueta abierta by the way, your fly's undone

♦ adv

1. [en absoluto] at all;

la película no me ha gustado nada I didn't like the movie at all;

no he dormido nada I didn't get any sleep at all;

no es nada extraño it's not at all strange;

la obra no es nada aburrida the play isn't the slightest bit boring;

no está nada mal it's not at all bad;

no nos llevamos nada bien we don't get on at all well;
Fam
¿te importa que me quede? – ¡para nada! do you mind if I stay? – of course not! o not at all!

2. Fam [enfático]
nada, que no hay manera de convencerle but no, he just refuses to be convinced

♦ nf

1.
la nada nothingness, the void;
[el no ser]
salir o [m5] surgir de la nada to appear out of o from nowhere

2. Méx, RP Fam [muy poco]
le pedí plata y me dio una nada I asked him for some money and he gave me next to nothing;

comí una nada de helado I had a tiny bit of ice cream

♦ de nada loc adj

te he traído un regalito de nada I've brought you a little something;

es sólo un rasguño de nada it's just a little scratch

♦ nada más loc adv

1. [al poco de]
nada más salir de casa… no sooner had I left the house than…, as soon as I left the house…;

nos iremos nada más cenar we'll go as soon as we've had dinner, we'll go straight after dinner

2. Méx [solamente]
nada más vine yo I'm the only one who's come

3. Méx [sin más]
de la fiesta regresaron a casa y nada más they went straight home after the party

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nada

I pron nothing;

no hay nada there isn’t anything;

no es nada it’s nothing;

nada más nothing else;

nada menos que no less than;

nada de nada nothing at all;

para nada not at all;

no lo entiendes para nada you don’t understand at all;

lo dices como si nada you talk about it as if it was nothing;

más que nada more than anything;

no lo haría por nada del mundo I wouldn’t do it if you paid me;

por menos de nada for no reason at all;

nada más llegar as soon as I arrived;

antes de nada first of all;

¡nada de eso! fam you can put that idea out of your head;

¡casi nada! peanuts!;

¡de nada! you’re welcome, not at all;

pues nada, … well, …

II adv not at all;

no ha llovido nada it hasn’t rained;

no estoy nada contento I’m not at all happy

III f nothingness

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nada adv

: not at all, not in the least

no estamos nada cansados: we are not at all tired

nada nf

1) : nothingness

2) : smidgen, bit

una nada le disgusta: the slightest thing upsets him

nada pron

1) : nothing

no estoy haciendo nada: I'm not doing anything

2)

casi nada : next to nothing

3)

de nada : you're welcome

4)

dentro de nada : very soon, in no time

5)

nada más : nothing else, nothing more

* * *

nada¹ adv at all

no le ha gustado nada she didn't like it at all

nada² pron

1. nothing / not... anything

Con el verbo en afirmativo se utiliza nothing

no hay nada, está vacío there's nothing there, it's empty

no tengo nada que hacer I've got nothing to do

Con el verbo en negativo se utiliza anything

dijo que no quería nada she said she didn't want anything

no se me ocurre nada I can't think of anything

2. (en tenis) love

quince nada fifteen love

de nada (como respuesta) you're welcome / don't mention it (sin importancia) little / slight

un retraso de nada a slight delay

nada de no / any

no tengo nada de dinero I've got no money / I haven't got any money

no habla nada de inglés he speaks no English / doesn't speak any English

nada más (eso es todo) that's all (sólo) only / just

era estúpido nada más he was just stupid

nada más... as soon as...

nada más entrar, vi a Fernando I saw Fernando as soon as I went in

Spanish-English dictionary > nada
97 pelma

f. & m.

bore, dull person.

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pelma

► nombre masulino o femenino

1 familiar bore

* * *

1.

SMF * bore

¡no seas pelma! — don't be such a bore!

2.

SM lump, solid mass

* * *

adjetivo/masculino y femenino (Esp fam) pelmazo I, II

* * *

= bore.

Ex. It is when speakers have no feeling for pause that their speech seems to burble on without any arresting quality; the club bore is a burbler: he has not learnt the eloquence of silence.

* * *

adjetivo/masculino y femenino (Esp fam) pelmazo I, II

* * *

= bore.

Ex: It is when speakers have no feeling for pause that their speech seems to burble on without any arresting quality; the club bore is a burbler: he has not learnt the eloquence of silence.

* * *

pelma

adj/mf

( Esp fam) pelmazo¹ (↑ pelmazo (1)), pelmazo² (↑ pelmazo (2))

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pelma
I adjetivo annoying, boring: ¡no seas pelma!, don't be such a bore
II mf pain in the neck
' pelma' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
campeonato
- machacón
- machacona
English:
bore
- boring

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pelma Esp Fam

♦ adj

annoying, tiresome

♦ nmf

bore, pain

* * *

pelma

I adj annoying

II m/f pain fam

Spanish-English dictionary > pelma
98 penetrante

adj.

1 acute (intenso) (dolor).

2 sharp, penetrating (sagaz).

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penetrante

► adjetivo

1 penetrating

* * *

adj.

sharp, acute

* * *

ADJ

1) [herida] deep

2) [arma] sharp; [frío, viento] biting; [sonido] piercing; [vista] acute; [aroma] strong; [mirada] sharp, penetrating

3) [genio, mente] keen, sharp; [ironía] biting

* * *

adjetivo

1)

a) <mirada/voz> penetrating, piercing; < olor> pungent, penetrating; < sonido> piercing

b) <viento/frío> bitter, biting

2) <inteligencia/mente> sharp, incisive; <humor/ironía> sharp, cutting

* * *

= penetrating, sharp [sharper -comp., sharpest -sup.], trenchant, lancinating, piercing, pungent, high-pitched, penetrative, tangy [tangier - comp., tangiest -sup.], nippy [nippier -comp., nippiest -sup.].

Nota: Generalmente referido a los sabores.

Ex. In this connection, Ohmes and Jones of the Florida State University Library have offered some rather penetrating insights regarding what they call 'The Other Half of Cataloging'.

Ex. 'I'll give it more thought,' she said with a sharp frown, resuming her former posture.

Ex. However, both BTI and LCSH occasionally use headings of this kind, though one could argue strongly that these are out of place in direct entry methods, and they come in for trenchant criticism from Metcalfe.

Ex. The personnel officer experienced an involuntary shiver as the lancinating reality of the board's decision sank in.

Ex. She gave him one long piercing glance and started up the stairs toward the deputy director's office.

Ex. The studies reported here addressed the question of whether the pungent element in chilies, capsaicin, suppresses taste and flavor intensity.

Ex. The noise is a high-pitched whine or hiss the machine emits during operation.

Ex. As the vacuum is further increased, the rays become more penetrative, and show the shadow of the bones in the hand.

Ex. The most boring meal can be pepped up with spicy and tangy herbs.

Ex. Blend cream cheese with prepared horseradish for a nippy taste.

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* de un modo penetrante = piercingly.

* dolor penetrante = shooting stab of pain, shooting pain.

* frío penetrante = biting cold, pinching cold.

* olor fuerte y penetrante = tang.

* sabor fuerte y penetrante = tang.

* viento penetrante = biting wind.

* * *

adjetivo

1)

a) <mirada/voz> penetrating, piercing; < olor> pungent, penetrating; < sonido> piercing

b) <viento/frío> bitter, biting

2) <inteligencia/mente> sharp, incisive; <humor/ironía> sharp, cutting

* * *

= penetrating, sharp [sharper -comp., sharpest -sup.], trenchant, lancinating, piercing, pungent, high-pitched, penetrative, tangy [tangier - comp., tangiest -sup.], nippy [nippier -comp., nippiest -sup.].

Nota: Generalmente referido a los sabores.

Ex: In this connection, Ohmes and Jones of the Florida State University Library have offered some rather penetrating insights regarding what they call 'The Other Half of Cataloging'.

Ex: 'I'll give it more thought,' she said with a sharp frown, resuming her former posture.

Ex: However, both BTI and LCSH occasionally use headings of this kind, though one could argue strongly that these are out of place in direct entry methods, and they come in for trenchant criticism from Metcalfe.

Ex: The personnel officer experienced an involuntary shiver as the lancinating reality of the board's decision sank in.

Ex: She gave him one long piercing glance and started up the stairs toward the deputy director's office.

Ex: The studies reported here addressed the question of whether the pungent element in chilies, capsaicin, suppresses taste and flavor intensity.

Ex: The noise is a high-pitched whine or hiss the machine emits during operation.

Ex: As the vacuum is further increased, the rays become more penetrative, and show the shadow of the bones in the hand.

Ex: The most boring meal can be pepped up with spicy and tangy herbs.

Ex: Blend cream cheese with prepared horseradish for a nippy taste.

* de un modo penetrante = piercingly.

* dolor penetrante = shooting stab of pain, shooting pain.

* frío penetrante = biting cold, pinching cold.

* olor fuerte y penetrante = tang.

* sabor fuerte y penetrante = tang.

* viento penetrante = biting wind.

* * *

penetrante

adjective

A

1 ‹mirada/voz› penetrating, piercing

2 ‹olor› pungent, penetrating; ‹sonido› piercing

3 ‹viento/frío› bitter, biting

B

1 ‹inteligencia/mente› sharp, incisive

2 ‹humor/ironía› sharp, cutting

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penetrante adjetivo
1
a) ‹mirada/voz› penetrating, piercing;

‹ olor› pungent, penetrating;
‹ sonido› piercing
b) ‹viento/frío› bitter, biting

2 ‹inteligencia/mente/ironía› sharp
penetrante adjetivo
1 (mirada, voz) penetrating
2 (dolor) piercing
3 (olor) pungent
4 (herida) deep
5 (frío) bitter, biting
6 (mente, observación) incisive, sharp, acute
' penetrante' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
refinada
- refinado
English:
incisive
- keen
- keenly
- penetrating
- pervasive
- piercing
- searching
- intent
- obtrusive
- tang

* * *

penetrante adj

1. [intenso] [dolor] acute;
[olor] sharp; [frío] biting; [mirada] penetrating; [voz, sonido] piercing
2. [sagaz] sharp, penetrating

* * *

penetrante

adj

1 mirada penetrating

2 sonido piercing

3 frío bitter

4 herida deep

5 análisis incisive

* * *

penetrante adj

1) : penetrating, piercing

2) : sharp, acute

3) : deep (of a wound)

Spanish-English dictionary > penetrante
99 peripecias

= goings-on.

Ex. I often think that observing the goings-on in a back-garden pond is more exciting than watching boring lions on an exotic holiday.

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= goings-on.

Ex: I often think that observing the goings-on in a back-garden pond is more exciting than watching boring lions on an exotic holiday.

Spanish-English dictionary > peripecias
100 peñazo

m.

bore.

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peñazo

► nombre masculino

1 familiar pain

* * *

masculino (Esp fam)

eres un peñazo — you're a pain (colloq)

dar el peñazo — to hassle somebody (colloq)

* * *

= bore.

Ex. It is when speakers have no feeling for pause that their speech seems to burble on without any arresting quality; the club bore is a burbler: he has not learnt the eloquence of silence.

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* ser un peñazo = be a pain in the ass, be a pain the neck, be a pain in the arse, be a pain in the backside, be a pain in the proverbials.

* * *

masculino (Esp fam)

eres un peñazo — you're a pain (colloq)

dar el peñazo — to hassle somebody (colloq)

* * *

= bore.

Ex: It is when speakers have no feeling for pause that their speech seems to burble on without any arresting quality; the club bore is a burbler: he has not learnt the eloquence of silence.

* ser un peñazo = be a pain in the ass, be a pain the neck, be a pain in the arse, be a pain in the backside, be a pain in the proverbials.

* * *

peñazo

masculine

( Esp fam)

ese tío es un peñazo that guy is a bore o a pain ( colloq)

deja de dar el peñazo stop hassling me ( colloq), quit bugging me ( AmE colloq)

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peñazo nm
Esp Fam bore;
es un peñazo de libro the book's deadly boring;

¡no seas peñazo! don't be such a bore o so boring!

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peñazo

m fam

pain (in the neck) fam

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